It’s usually used in explaining a rich person is sad, rather than to say all poor people are always happy.
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Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I’m all but certain the whole “money can’t buy happiness” shtick is just classist propaganda to keep the peasants poor by trying to build some kind of weird pride in staying poor.
Money can buy freedom, and while freedom doesn’t guarantee happiness, it’s a pretty fucking important ingredient.
Venator@lemmy.nz 5 weeks ago
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
In my experience, it’s used to spitshine poverty.
Venator@lemmy.nz 5 weeks ago
True, that is common too 😅
ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
Amazing how few people question this statement though.