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We should not judge quality of life by how many SUVs are in the driveway, and how many big screen TVs are in the 3K sq ft home. But what about my own goals in
by maxharris 12y ago
We should not judge quality of life by how many SUVs are in the driveway, and how many big screen TVs are in the 3K sq ft home.
But what about my own goals in life? Would you look down at me for wanting huge TVs and a large home? Those are things that I actually would like to have someday. When I earn enough money to get that stuff, would you advocate taking it away from me?
- eli_gottlieb 12y agoNo, he won't. He will advocate making you pay taxes on the relevant income, but nobody cares if you want to sink post-tax money into pleasures we all consider vain and stupid. We have lives to be getting on with too, you know.
- coldtea 12y ago>Would you look down at me for wanting huge TVs and a large home? Yes. Especially if there are huge sacrifices in your overall quality of life for such meagre rewards. The idea behind culture and civilization is that not all ways of life and aspirations are equally valid and good. It might be debatable who is right and who is wrong, but people can and should "look down" on other people for wanting certain stuff.