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I am okay letting wealthy people spend too much money, but my big issue is that it doesn't feel like a good contribution to society, just a money grab. And if I
by TaylorAlexander 5y ago
I am okay letting wealthy people spend too much money, but my big issue is that it doesn't feel like a good contribution to society, just a money grab. And if I am going to put my time and energy in to something, I want it to actually offer real value. Which is why I am actually spinning up a non profit that offers all of our work as open source. But it was always interesting to me that very wealthy people will drop huge sums without much thought. You're right tho that a few people trying to "spend their way to the top" will get caught spending more than they can afford and drawing those people in feels particularly immoral.
- aeonik 5y agoI'm not rich, but I do spend too much money on certain products on purpose. The reason I do it is because I love the engineer's or artist's work so much that I want to support them more than typical low margin product purchases would allow. I don't think they are being deceptive, and I don't feel swindled... as long as they aren't lying about the product specs or the capabilities.