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I’d rather pursue money than social status. I don’t care about what other people think. A higher social status often creates unnecessary enemies and problems.
by charlieyu1 3y ago
I’d rather pursue money than social status. I don’t care about what other people think. A higher social status often creates unnecessary enemies and problems.
And the best way to money is often unknown to most people. Loose lips sink ships.
- molly0 3y agoI think having a lot of money but being anonymous and not caring about what people think of you - would actually give you “high status” in a lot of groups. :p
- cubefox 3y agoWealth confers social status to men. Similar to how being young and slender confers social status to women.
- throw4847285 3y agoBeing young and slender confers social status to men, they just don't like to admit it. Look at how much money and effort wealthy men put into keeping up appearances (plastic surgery, hair transplants, exercise regimens, etc). Women face a lot more pressure, and the standards are far more absurd, but please look at a current picture of Elon Musk and tell me he isn't just as preening as some boogeywoman you could come up with. If wealth was enough he of all people wouldn't bother. But it isn't. It's just another trait men project onto women while denying when they have it themselves: vanity.
- cubefox 3y agoThere is a big difference in degree here.
- throw4847285 3y agoOh for sure. But I wanted to challenge your binary analogy that Wealth is to Men as Physical Beauty is to Women. We live in an across the board vain society, and women bear the brunt of that, but not all of it.