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I Am Insecure Around Rich People

Logically I understand that they're human just like me. But in this country, money = privilege and the illusion of being "better" than everyone else.

I fall under that spell sometimes, feeling inferior to people who have more money than me. 😞

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Zaxel · 26-30, M

its all a lie. people with money arent better. i know plenty of stupid/mean/annoying rich people (not neccessarily all those qualities in one person).
that being said, accumulating money from little is hard and requires careful planning and good judgement for most people who end up succeeding

drymer · 56-60, M

@Zaxel [quote]accumulating money from little is hard and requires careful planning and good judgement for most people who end up succeeding[/quote]

Yes, plus a good amount of luck: being at the right place at the right time, meeting the right people at the right moments, etc. As @DearAmbellina2113 can attest (I'm sure), the idea that hard work alone translates into a good, wealthy of even "just OK" life doesn't match reality...

Zaxel · 26-30, M

@drymer luck is always a factor for everyone, so thats why i dont think its worth mentioning but yes definitely true that its a factor.
theres many factors that influence outcomes but its not a coincidence that many first generation millionaires tend to have similar personality traits and habits. which means that to a degree, it is within our control to make things happen. but yes hard work alone wont make you succeed if youre working hard at the wrong things, which plenty of people do

drymer · 56-60, M

@Zaxel Agree 100%

drymer · 56-60, M

@Zaxel On a side note, I read somewhere that one common trait among the super rich (like billionaires) is that they are all psychopaths [EDIT: rather *SOCIOPATHS*] to an extent... The rationale is that to make the decisions necesary to amass such amounts of money people need to be ruthless and merciless... An example, Amazon's Jeff Bezos... It's no secret that the people who work in Amazon's warehouses are harshly exploited, yet that doesn't seem to bother Bezos one bit...

Zaxel · 26-30, M

@drymer i cant comment on their mental states but i think i did see a study about CEOs having sociopathic tendencies that appeared more often than in a general population (psychopaths are different from sociopaths). but you dont need to be a stone cold killer to do well, there are plenty of good moral hardworking people who became well off through their efforts.

drymer · 56-60, M

@Zaxel You are right, it was probably "sociopath" that I read... Basically someone that doesn't really empathize with other people's suffering etc.

And yes I like to believe that there are honest, hardworking rich people out there... It gives me hope.
:)