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> ample free time to think, to explore, to experiment, to create People would probably go crazy from the boredom and start killing themselves. Work and strugg

• badpun 7y ago
  There were (and still are) whole families of aristocrats who never needed to lift a finger in their life, and they seemed to find ways to not be too bored. I've never heard of high degrees of suicides amongst the very rich.
  • tathougies 7y ago
    That's because, in order to cement an image of being better than others, aristocratic suicides were usually reported as accidents. In Europe during the Middle Ages, suicide was condemned by the church of course, and penalties were laid against the estate. That's in Europe; in other places in the world, it was expected, and rather common. For example, what is a duel, other than a suicide pact? In the absence of actual struggle, humans will make something up to be offended by so they can struggle against it. It is human nature. Of course, today, suicide is less of a taboo, and indeed suicide rates are higher in richer neighborhoods, as one would expect: https://www.businessinsider.com/link-between-wealth-and-suicide-rates-san-francisco-federal-reserve-2012-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/link-between-wealth-and-suic...