“Money can’t buy you happiness” is propaganda from rich people to convince the poor to be satisfied with less.
Delicious, finally some good fucking food.
they’ve actually studied this, and there is a measurable point up to which money basically does buy happiness, and then past that point it stops
a billionaire is not guaranteed to be any happier than a millionaire, but both those people are almost guaranteed to be happier than someone living in poverty
(the “point” turns out to be “the time at which you have enough money that all your needs can be met without anxiety and you have some amount of money left over to do things like pursue passions, give back to the community, and do other emotionally fulfilling things.” what a shocker!)
But wait it gets better. Social scientists have found that money can buy happiness in the form of experiences. So if you go on vacation, to a concert, travel, go on a road trip, go on an adventure, play for guitar classes, pay to learn how to tap dance, etc these all cost money and these all boost happiness because you’re not buying a product but an experience or skill and that translate into more creativity (skill) or memories (experiences). Money cannot buy happiness in the form of material products.
So money can buy happiness but with many caveats.
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