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Thread #164534 Message #3938430
Posted By: Senoufou
20-Jul-18 - 09:21 AM
Thread Name: BS: Does money cause delusional thinking?
Subject: RE: BS: Does money cause delusional thinking?
I agree that many people have arrived at a position of wealth through their own efforts/talents/business acumen etc.
My own father worked hard to gain telecommunications qualifications when such technology was in its early days, and climbed his way up the salary scale. He eventually bought a pleasant house in London, then sold it at a huge profit to buy a bungalow in Norfolk for his retirement. If people ever said to him how 'lucky' he was, he would bite off their noses. In his view, he'd earned every penny of what he possessed, and 'luck' didn't come into it. Which was fair comment.
My concerns are:-
1) Do people actually NEED vast sums of money, in excess of their reasonable daily requirements? Is materialism a sort of addiction?
2) Do they see/know of/care about the terrible deprivation others suffer, both in UK and around the world?
3) If they do, what exactly are their strategies for giving generous, charitable aid and support?