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> Do we need old millionaires driving around with flashy cars and big houses at all? > What about parents raising children who are upright, have morals, and co
by mmmpop 9y ago
> Do we need old millionaires driving around with flashy cars and big houses at all?
> What about parents raising children who are upright, have morals, and contribute to wellbeing of society?
I've met plenty of very successful, wealthy people that raise great kids. It's none of my business or anyone else's how these people spend their money but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and presume "old" means "old money" which means "never worked a day to get wealthy". In which case, yes, I think they often can raise garbage kids, but I'm unsure how one could go about "fixing" that.
- meric 9y agoI don't think material wealth is worthy enough as a metric of success for society to care about giving equal access to it to everyone - mere sufficient access ought to be enough, and focus on what's more important than material wealth, of which good parenting is one example. Which is a more pressing problem: the top paid individuals of group X earns less than the top paid individuals of group Y, or the fact that so many in society are focused on the wrong things when they think about what makes them content and happy?
- mmmpop 9y ago> Which is a more pressing problem: the top paid individuals of group X earns less than the top paid individuals of group Y, or the fact that so many in society are focused on the wrong things when they think about what makes them content and happy? Great question! I'll risk to assert the latter simply because problem 1 would fix itself in my mind. There were times when no American went without...