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Why Are Rich People So Anxious?

Unread postby AdamB » Wed 22 Nov 2017, 20:56:55



“The psychology of wealth is knotty,” writes Kerry Hannon in the New York Times. “On the surface, being wealthy can make people believe they have more control over their lives, but it can also control them emotionally.” Hannon’s article, headlined “I’m Rich, and That Makes Me Anxious,” will probably elicit eye rolls from those of us eternally beholden to bosses and landlords and banks. We can be forgiven for failing to muster compassion. “No one gets a lot of empathy talking about these things,” admits James Grubman, a psychologist to the wealthy. But that doesn’t change the reality he sees every day: that wealth can generate immense anxiety, insecurity, and fear — even as it also provides comfort, stability, and freedom. The observation that wealth overlaps with despair has never been entirely foreign to socialist thought. Capitalism distributes resources and power unevenly;


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Re: Why Are Rich People So Anxious?

Unread postby Outcast_Searcher » Sat 25 Nov 2017, 01:03:13

This is just a socialist screed. What it's really about is socialist's wish to steal the property of the successful. Here's how the piece ends:
The primary aim of socialism is, of course, to benefit the masses — the billions now exploited, dispossessed, and controlled by a miniscule ruling class. But there is a psychological, if not necessarily material, upside for the wealthy, too. As Wilde put it:

“If property had simply pleasures, we could stand it; but its duties make it unbearable. In the interest of the rich we must get rid of it.”

The "anxiety of the rich" schtick is just the EXCUSE they're arguing this iteration, to justify stealing the property of others.
Given the track record of the perma-doomer blogs, I wouldn't bet a fast crash doomer's money on their predictions.
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Re: Why Are Rich People So Anxious?

Unread postby asg70 » Sat 25 Nov 2017, 11:21:53

Yep, one look at the other articles in this rag and it becomes clear what their agenda is.

BOLD PREDICTIONS
-Billions are on the verge of starvation as the lockdown continues. (yoshua, 5/20/20)

HALL OF SHAME:
-Short welched on a bet and should be shunned.
-Frequent-flyers should not cry crocodile-tears over climate-change.
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