Do you agree that real wealth is acquired from honesty?

I believe that wealth is reflected from discipline...by working hard and knowing its infinite value..but sad to know that more people only knew wealth by the possession it shows..Wearing pricey things to look rich but can hardly afford it. brag around like a walking lie 🤐

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Faust76 · 46-50, M

The question is more than a bit unclear. I believe it's still true one can't point to a single person who got wealthy through hard work and honesty alone. On the other hand if one means rich in all the immaterial things in life, that seems to be closer to truth. But the majority of honest, hard-working people (even in developed countries) work themselves right into an early grave.

Sepia · 36-40, F

@Faust76 what I mean was if one has real wealth doesn't have to pretend and a lot wants to be called rich..but though it can be applied on more situation like earning it from good intentions and by simply looking throughout the needs of people..might apply to those who brag about wealth but from unlikely sources like rich politicians who takes people's money or one just simply take it from someones pocket

Faust76 · 46-50, M

Hm, I was thinking the "fake it 'till you make it" phenomenon deserved a whole other book, so I didn't really touch that. The unfortunate fact is it actually works, you can sell almost any product wearing all the latest pricey things, looking like a street bum not so much. Of course, this assumes one intends to "make it" in wealth sense, but it's easy to justify the other case, too: You're going to work yourself to death providing wealth for others, or you can live the good life for a while, then work your ass off paying the price for a bit. (Ahh, talk about selling your soul :p)

One could have several harsh words on the morality of that, but at the end of the day those "hard working" (referring mostly to "menial" work) morals are on the terms of the people who benefit and gather wealth from that work. There are no such, enforceable moral rules like "Well, a CEO shouldn't be getting more pay than the 300 workers he laid off". And most people criticizing consumerism probably have latest model iPhone in their pockets (To pick but one, but likely example) while a 10 year old Android would still do practically everything they need to do, if they lasted that long ;)

Sepia · 36-40, F

@Faust76 btw what I meant by looking throughout the needs of people is to sell them services or goods that was essential..example is Facebook..honestly almost everyone is longing for social connection globally..in fact Facebook doesn't charge us a single penny everytime we use it only if you want to put in your business there