• TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    Money can buy happiness in indirect ways. It is the same kind of liberal fake dreams sold to people, like everything is equal (it is not). If everything is perceived as equal, why will anyone try to change anything? Everyone becomes lazy, comfortable, sedentary and anti-revolutionary.

    Moderate amount of money and financial independence is essential for happiness and wellbeing. Income does not directly determine happiness, but it can provide access to resources and opportunities for social interaction.

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      8 months ago

      It’s called diminishing returns in economics.

      Basically, if you have very little of something, any additional amount of it will increase your satisfaction by a lot, but only up to the point of satiation, after which happiness will not increase further regardless of how much more you have.

      But a three year old can understand this. Give them one ice cream, they’ll be delighted, give them ten, and they’ll start throwing up.