Discussion What do you all think about the quote“Money can't buy happiness”?

[sserafim]

Money won't buy happiness but it can buy me the right to exist on Earth without being made to struggle against other apes which have not received an emotional education and remain only interested in serving their own needs.

Literally. In this world, we even have to pay to exist. Everything is about money. Also, it can only be beneficial to have more resources. There are always costs and ways to deplete resources. Everything always demands something from you, and the payment is usually in money. Even basic needs cost money. Nothing is free, nor will it ever be

 

[sussshiroll]

Literally. In this world, we even have to pay to exist. Everything is about money. Also, it can only be beneficial to have more resources. There are always costs and ways to deplete resources

And we have to pay to CTB and that doesn't exist also.

 

[Deleted member 65988]

Never had a lot of money, probably never will but I don't really mind. I have to always be careful on how I spend it, but I'm not complaining. It would be nice I think to not have to be Scroogy on gifts I think but it's supposed to be the thought that counts

Very much agreed Charlie .

 

[Deleted member 65988]

Anyway, I don't think money can buy happiness long term but it can in the immediate term because you'll finally have enough financially which is what most people can't have, you can only buy so many things until you run out of things to get but otherwise, I'd probably spend all that money on various ctb methods just for the sake of it.

 

[outrider567]

It can definitely buy some happiness, but real happiness comes from having a partner to share your life with, someone nice to be around, who cares about you

 

[diviosd]

It's only ever been said by people who've always been financially comfortable

 

[Mirrory Me]

It depends on what you buy with it.

 

[Abyssal]

Some truth. Money can't fix your childhood as it can't restructure my brain.

 

[ringo99]

If money truly bought happiness then why do so many famous celebs ctb? I've interacted with dirt poor farmers, street vendors, taxi drivers etc. being happy and rich businesspeople and salaried professionals with high incomes who are completely miserable. The opposite is true too. Money is a factor in happiness but not the only one

 

[Argo]

It's completely true, but it feels very untrue, which is why people doubt it any time the question gets asked. The reason they doubt it, is because they suffer in a world where money seems to solve most problems, which means it seems to alleviate most of one's suffering. What happens when your suffering is soothed temporarily? Well you probably have more room to be happy, right? Or you're happy just cause-- this problem, whatever it may be for you, actually seems to have gotten solved by this clearly powerful thing called money(What idiot would doubt the power of money?). Awesome, right? How is that not great and self-evident?

Except... people with lots of money, still suffer horribly. They commit suicide. And in many cases, any time they are happy, their money alone seems to often put their happiness into question if you look carefully. Sometimes you don't even need to look carefully. Conversely, people with no money can be blissfully happy, in more and less meaningful ways.

If you just want the answer stated directly, it's the next sentence:

You cannot be happy in a genuine way, without an ability to deeply understand others specifically in a way that has compassion for them. There is no genuinely happy person on earth, who is genuinely happy, and also totally self-interested, totally self-absorbed, and only interested in others superficially-- as means for their own comfort, pleasure, ends, and so on. It is impossible to ever be genuinely happy this way.

You should doubt this and test it as thoroughly and honestly as you possibly can, in a way that never closes the case, but continually re-evaluates and re-assesses, and adjusts ones certainty as slowly as possible.

 

[thenamingofcats]

It totally can but not for very long.

 

[DeadSpaceEnthusiast]

In the words of eminem, money doesn't buy happiness. It buys crazy-ass happiness.

 

[chainsofjudecca]

I believe I would still feel the way I do even if I was rich. I have wanted to die since I was nine years old and nothing will change that. Money buys temporary comforts; it cannot change my brain chemistry.

For others this phrase may ring true, but it is simply not a possibility for me.