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People's pay and financial details is something I'm happy to not know. Once you know, you cannot "unknow". That knowledge would leak into my perception of neigh
by __lbracket__ 4y ago
People's pay and financial details is something I'm happy to not know. Once you know, you cannot "unknow". That knowledge would leak into my perception of neighbors and friends. It would also change their perception of me. Regardless of the number. It's human nature.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoThis information is easy to back into using public information like house purchase price and car price. Even occupation/employer is usually enough to get upper and lower bounds.
- zeroonetwothree 4y agoLast year I earned more than the value of my house (pretax though). I really doubt anyone would guess that. My car is about 1 week of earnings. Of course this year it’s much less with the market being down.
- goodpoint 4y ago> It's human nature. Not at all, it's culture. In many places in the world there is no such level of envy and competition between friends and family. Where do you live?
- knaekhoved 4y agoWhere are people free to achieve massive success without being clawed back by punitive taxes etc? In most places, envy is codified in law.
- goodpoint 4y agoIs it envy or is it solidarity? They look the same if you close your eyes.
- __lbracket__ 4y agoI'm happy for you to live in a culture with little envy. Personally, I'm yet to experience such a culture and am myself a long way from being free from this human emotion. Note that my original comment didn't mention envy. I merely stated that peoples behavior changes in subtle ways around those with more or less means than them.