Can Money Buy You Happiness? | Agree To Disagree 

30 seconds Depends on the person. If your passion is singing, money won’t really help you become a better singer. It might pay for the best vocal coach, but it won’t help you enjoy singing anymore. If your passion is running, then money won’t help you much either. Enjoyment comes from doing things you enjoy. Some people might enjoy things that require a lot of money to do but I think those people are few and far between.

All the resources you need for happiness are already free pal

@@TomCL-vb6xc I was thinking more: therapy, healthcare, the ability to care for family and friends, etc

No it doesn't. Maybe for this construct of happyness we have in society to keep people in the system but True happyness can only be achieved from inside one's self.

30 seconds I don’t think any of those things offer the purest form of happiness - doing what you are passionate about is the greatest form of happiness.

Some of the most contented people I know are those who have so much less

@@Alchrat But they have something, not nothing.

@@Alchrat There's a difference between having less and living in poverty.

Lola Arcana It’s relative to the people around them and the country they live in. People in poverty in the UK of course have it better than people in poverty in Nigeria or Malawi or India for instance. But I genuinely think that even the poorest people find great happiness. We should still always try and solve world poverty and really the only way of doing that is overthrowing the rich.

Well said my friend.

Hugo smith But you’re still sad

Hero Colten yes no shit

obvs depends how sad in each case tho, you can't just boil it down to that

But what about being happy and poor?

Hugo smith that’s what a poor man thinks. Capitalism won inside you. At the end of the day you’d value your own feelings as less important than money. Thats truly tragic

🥂🥂🥂 nothing beats order...

Kanye Lmao, yep lets listen to what that moron says

@@nemobla1 He's not wrong though. Having money doesn't make you happy, but it does mean you aren't stressing over whether you get to eat this week.

nemobla1 I wouldn’t call Kanye a moron, sure he’s had his fair share of controversial things he’s been apart of or said, but artistically that man is a genius.

@@nemobla1 a moron doesn't make that kind of money my guy.

nemobla1 I’ve heard he thinks people should stay hydrated, you gonna stop drinking water now?

Mercedes owner.

Smart guy! I'd want to know how he fit inside a bicycle frame

"Money can't buy happiness but I rather doing all my crying in a Corvette" - Royce da 5'9 can't remember the song

Can't ecwb afford a bike mate

@@TheOnesAtTheBottom Y'all ready know.

wages in a lot of circumstances goes down because of this, spot on.

m g We need to overthrow the rich, basically. Capitalism is fucking awful.

TomCL 2000 what’s better? Communism?

CoFerrns Nah definitely not. A more socialist world ideally - I understand that a truly socialist world is not possible I’d definitely prefer a more socialist stance than the one we have now. However it’s highly improbable as capitalism has admittedly done well in convincing people that it is the only viable option.

TomCL 2000 socialism is very similar to communism. With capitalism everyone has the chance to start a business and become successful. With socialism, people are put off of making a business and making money due to exorbitantly high taxes

RU-vid video: "can money buy happiness?" Comment section: literally answers the question

@@panagiotisgeorgoulias232 this definitely makes more sense than that "nobody" shit

Slime Man Roblox it can buy pleasure

@Luke Monsensey what is wrong with playing roblox?

Precisely, very well said.

Yes and anyone that thinks differently has taken too many blue pills...

damn it's almost like it's a rhetorical question asked for the purposes of initiating a discussion.

Strongly agree

Kylirr and yet the young man defended his point that money cannot buy you happiness when he’s been afforded the luxury of going to school and more than likely having assistance from both parents to house him and pay for his tuitions. He doesn’t strike me as, nor does he mention growing up in poverty. The boy didn’t come from Liverpool. The older gentleman made a good point that if life was a 100 meter dash, they’d both be starting at the 25-50 meter mark. That being said I’m not sure how uni works in the UK, so if it’s like hospital bills then damn I was born in the wrong country.

That's a communist for you.

@@tomw6947 Not necessarily, you might say it's a very capitalist thing to say. No matter what ideology, it's a nice and slick joke and that's the point.

@@daddyleon nope, a communist doesn't mind aslong as someone else is paying.

@@tomw6947 and a capitalist would want to save money. You could think of any person following any ideology that could have a reason to want the other person to pay. Money is nothing but a tool, a resource...so, something that you could use, why give away something needlessly.

@@daddyleon yep, that's why capitalism is the most realistic because everybody wants to be rich. I was just point out the union bloke clearly supported strict socialism or commisium out of bitterness. I do understand his point about big companies holding governments to ransom but that's because the government is corrupt itself.

And by having a more manageable and less stressful life, you increase your happiness, so that contradicts your statement that money doesn't buy happiness.

@@nyawk6387 No, it doesn't. Financial stress is only one aspect, it can possibly mean that you're now dealing with a lot of stress because you got so much on the line, and you're having trouble with your relationships, and you're lonely because those who surround you aren't really your friends... money isn't everything even in this current corrupt system that tells you otherwise. Also less stress doesn't immediately mean more happiness, maybe just less misery (while still being stressed, just less so).

Happiness a scale; less stress = more happiness

@john boss So move, the dollar wont make you happy and is hard to achieve. Happiness is a choice and has nothing to do with money. You have the ability to change your finances, if its to expensive where you live move, take the savings and reinvest in your self.

@@johannsonq9092 Happiness and loneliness are choices, you chose the people you surround yourself with. I quit my job because I wasnt happy, I have no income right now and living on saving, I reinvested money in to learning new skills, started a business and eliminated, alcohol, weed, and peoples who dont have the same motivation for success as I do. Isolation is a key step because you learn that you can be happy alone. Once you achieved these steps live become far more clear, less stress, less negativity and thing will fall into place with the proper mindset and work ethic.

Or just bitter that you had an argument lol. I wish they’d change it to something more subtle

No?

@@8fettonenpapegoja171 you know, your pfp does rather explain your reply

Outclassed? You must be one of those people that doesn’t want to work but wants all the money anyway.

Not really, the old guy just seemed to talk exclusively about uber...

Soon as he started talking about ‘trickled down economics’ I thought oh here we go…

That has some true to it, but that idea can also be used to promote that "poverty needs to exist" and it really does, to a certain degree, but there can be problems with it. Even if lacking as much freedom of choice (materially speaking) as a rich person, poverty needs to be constantly seen as something non-ideal. Now, there are issues with the "numbess" of being rich, completely irresponsible, etc, etc. We can see that with video-game addictions, extremisms, depression and other forms to "feel" something when you don't have as much challenge and/or incentive. Putting it short, I believe a better argument, one to avoid such issues, would be something like: poverty gives you a more intense feeling with each new thing or experience, and even if being rich takes away much of that intensity, instead of "glamourizing" poverty we should learn how to think in a way that things still are meaningful when easy to achieve or buy, ways to find healthy essences or meanings to life, activities, experiences or even objects.

what a load of shit 🤣

I grew up poor and almost homeless and ive always been raised on the idea that we should value everything we get and be grateful for what we have we cared more about each other than about how much money we had

@@goncalves4269 Poverty needs to exist? What are you talking about? Of course NOT.

@The Rock what he's saying is to appreciate what you have.

Maybe a shock to you but most millioners became that by hard work so they shouldn't be taxed more because they simply do better than the rest

@@percenter7416 3:23

@@fennecfox4719 and ? You haven't present any evidence why should they be taxed more simply because they are making more? Furthermore i said most. This is one case

@@percenter7416 Never said anything about the tax, was more the hard work part...

@UCdMxY38ghqnJtiadOI2ehYg yes but this is just one case. And for sake of the argument lets say most millioners got money the easy way. I still dont see a problem with that as long as it isnt illegal. I mean i would like to be billionaire... I just dont understand when beeing rich started to be a bad thing

Did it always have two "n"s ?

@@hydrowolf363 sry english isnt my 1st language

@@BoboMauser Well...then you have good English

damn right

haha was he referring to something like coke?

daddyleon Nah it was just from a skit on Larry David’s show, he also said if he signs something for you and sees it on eBay, he’ll be under your bed 😂

@@josephbuck475 haha, must have good memory then as well as a grudge :)

Agreed. It's a neolibreral fiction. But you know, when you get rich in the backs of labor and supported by government, you've got to tell yourself something so that you don't see yourself as a modern day slaver

Trickle down is just how free markets work. All capital comes from the top, you idiots just think the government should be our "slaver" and you have the nerve to insult a millionaires intelligence 😂

​@@notkevindurant8814 Firstly, just because people have a different view to your own doesn't mean that they are idiots. Personally, I'm not questioning the intelligence of a millionaire. I'm questioning his claim that trickle down theory works. On your claim that "trickle down is just how free markets work", this is just an unsupported assertion and the reality is that all markets have governments and therefore are not "free". It follows, therefore, that even if trickle down is how free markets work, given that this is just a theoretical concept, it doesn't mean that this is how real world economies work. So regardless of how you think money should or does flow, or what you think government should do, or what you think of millionaires, studies do not support your assertion. This is easily confirmed with a quick google search. Add politics in the mix, as one does with neoliberalism, then it's easy to imagine a situation in which the rich, using the influence that comes with having lots of money, design tax systems which favour themselves and not society. As indeed they do. Again, there's lots of literature on this.

@@notkevindurant8814 And you haven't the intelligence to recognize that money is not its equal. Money is a representation of value, and value is mainly created at the bottom of the proverbial totem pole. Capital is value. So no it does not come from the top. I would rather have at least some minor control over my "slaver". The government is therefore a better "slaver" than a private company to the vast majority of people.

@joe nuts The average worker has a say in how the government operates. They do not in a private company.

Yeah, the older guy doesn't realise that working really hard in the wrong area/ in the wrong direction obviously won't yield more money, and vice versa. Very easy to understand

@@tuttosalve8352 the statement was 'working hard' not 'working hard in the right direction', the man is not stupid and he answered the question correctly. It is certainly true that working hard does not always lead to success, even if in the right direction. Imagine two students studying for a test, one has a great memory and the other does not. They both study the same materials for an hour. The student with the good memory does better on the test than the student with the bad memory. This is a simple experiment that demonstrates my point. If you propagate that over many years the same idea leads to different levels of income and thus wealth. There is a correlation between iq and yearly income, iq is an immutable characteristic.

It's more of a mindset issue. Yes people work hard, but the most successful analyze if what they are doing is working or not and adapt their strategy accordingly.

They seemed to have a perfectly fruitful conversation. Different perspectives, yes, not different conversations.

@@Tiny_Boats_And_Bikes I totally agree, i don't think anything i said contradicts that?

Yeah spoken like a true commie. Always looking to spend other people's money for personal gain.

@@LawrenceTimme good man Lawrence you miserable dope. It was a joke.

@Luke Monsensey I'm not saying it happens often. I said what I said because I get £9.30 per hour. And a work colleague outright admits he gets £9.70. same job, same level, he started after me. I even have more experience in retail overall. But he is good friends with the manager 🤷

@Luke Monsensey Since this response is 7 months since the issue. There has been attempts made to increase my pay. My colleague no longer admits to being paid more. Since my manager had pulled him into the office after I brought up the issue. He never showed me his payslip, so according to them. I technically have no evidence to support my "claim" as they call it. Hardly able to have a "negotiation" when it stated £9.30 was the max pay on the job description. Haven't been working most of these months due to covid. Will just look elsewhere for work. Appreciate the response tho.

his opinion is still the same, where the glass is doesnt matter

@@ratman9728 It's the edit trying to manipulate to us all to think he is for the people. They've carefully edited and specifically pieced in and out certain pieces of what he's said in order to deceive you to think he is in favour of raising minimum wage.

@@johnny8447 to be honest it looks like he just put the glass down after hes had a drink where it feels natural. the Strongly agree is on the dominant side of the union gentleman, so if he drinks he would put it back down on the strongly agree side.

Saw a study that claimed that money makes you happy up until a certain point. Then it becomes just a number that you chase and want to increase (greed?) which can lead to misery

Ben Mc because it’ll just prove that money can’t make you happy cause yeah you can pay your bills or whatever but it won’t complete you

Money buys pleasure, not happiness 👍🏻

@@ImFinLawler pleasure makes me pretty happy

Joker it happens when you have everything you need so after that money doesnt affect happiness

Age.

Nothing to do with age; he's a millionaire.

@@Darkthawn are you dumb.

@@luke-st2sn My claim comes with experience. Whilst not being a millionaire myself, I'm surrounded by them most days due to my line of work. There isn't a human being alive that would care less about perceived appearance than someone so insanely wealthy. Bill Gates, for example, makes more money and is much older than the young man in this video yet he dresses very simply. It's not dependant on age at all.

Darkthawn your getting the wrong idea

right handed looks like, took a sip and put it downlike he normaly would?

@@cttrep This

I noticed this as well

Cause he took a sip during the conversation?

Good eye my son. Editorial bias at it's finest

Try being poor with no friends because you have to work all the time or you can't afford your rent or food.

Some people really believe in that bs.

Guess who makes more money?

@@siliconterbulance the1 who was able to make a company??? Maybe he had a bright idea

@@siliconterbulance Can you elaborate on the reason why you made this question?

@@pilperlilper9526 The guy who steals the value that his workers produce*

Eduardo Flores the one who gives these workers a job in the first place, without which they would have no money*

Might have something to do with the fact that the trade unionist works with those figures. The Millionaire can only speak from what he sees, and what he sees is that he's helping people by doing well, like the trade unionist said.

@@kasperpaasch9558 How's the boot taste?

@@calstein6701 you salty? Lollllll

Do you know how complex things are? Facts and Figures show and say close to nothing if you are having a short talk like this. Because they need to be compared to and on several areas. To get valid information out of them.

@@anthonysmith6413 The format definitely doesn't aid an in depth conversation, but the fact remains, the idea that the richest shouldn't be taxed more because it stifles innovation is a fallacy. Anti-union laws have lead to a stagnation of real wage growth, and most of the wealth created in the last 10 years has gone to the highest 10% of earners. The drivers of inequality are varied, and I think the trade unionist understands that. The millionaire seems to be insulated in a world that hasn't been at the blunt end of those trends. Read more about it here: www.equalitytrust.org.uk/political-systems-and-institutions

That's the dumbest thing I've read this day. Did you forget about mental health issues like depression?

@@lick28 Yeah well, that's where they come from.

@@jay-xj1om "But at the end of the the day your emotional state is a direct result of your actions" "BUt aT tHe eND oF thE DaY yOuR emOTionAl sTAtE Is a DiReCt REsuLt Of YoUr ACtiOnS" you're an idiot. Depression doesn't come from someones's actions. It's an illness that occurs on someone whether you like it or not.

@@lick28 Depression is a symptom. And there's a multi-billion dollar industry profiting off of perpetually prescribing band-aids instead of curing the root cause. Keep doing its bidding.

@@lick28 Not exactly conclusive proof. But you just provided evidence for @jay's claims. Instead of even considering the possibility you immediately pretend that you know better. This is why you're depressed and will keep spiraling down until you hit rock bottom and have no other way left to go but up. It's up to you when you choose to learn the lesson and turn your life around.

I think that's because of the age gap. Get a 45-50 year old millionaire next time to balance things out.

@@bloodyninen7 that's a good point.

Not to mention conversing with his eyes closed. Stuck up prick

Maybe because as a nation all we do is hit out ay successful people? I’m 25 and own 2 houses and have a job earning over 100k a year I’ve worked harder than some McDonald’s burger flipper I’ve been working since I was 16 and I’m proud of what I’ve achieved but also saddened that as a nation we always attack successful people I’d rather die than pay more tax

Austin Stone Shut up

Jongerz not really tbh the problem is your content with what you have. Like most of society they don’t have drive and don’t want to do anything about it. Entrepreneurs are hungry and want more and want to succeed. However if you start getting hungry and want more then do something about it. It’s actually rather easy to make money. I left my first job after my degree and opened a business and haven’t looked back since.

@@stuartjones2681 There's nothing wrong with being content. idc if I'm ever particularly rich so long as I've got family, friends, and the internet (Yes I am unironically adding the internet to this list. Memes are love. Memes are life.) There's nothing wrong with having that ambition either though! The problem starts, I think in two places. On one end of the spectrum, the people who want more, but expect it to be given to them because it's somehow owed to them rather than work for it. On the other, those who's ambitions or greed outreach their morals, to the point where they're willing to fuck over other people to fill their own pocket. ...I guess this isn't really relevant but it's what you got me thinking about so there ya go.

@@Lord_of_the_sixth_house I think you basically just hit the nail on the head.

He sounds like he fell into money than worked hard for it.

Maybe because he worked for one?

Clearly you care too much about what people want to wear

Pretty sure you can’t afford that T-shirt.

Dont get too salty

His company is worth 20 million🤷🏻‍♂️

@@Plague14 It's a Polo shirt nothin special

How is that fair tho? Just bc they have more money doesn’t mean they should have to give up more of it. Certain job roles can lead to higher paying roles, and just because the minority are in that role.. doesn’t mean they should have to pay more

@@LukeSnelgrove making the poor more poor isn’t fair either. So I’m saying if someone has to be, if you had to pick one or the other. The group that can afford it makes more sense.

@@travis6694 yes but that doesn’t make sense. Everyone should pay the same. People know getting into job roles what the pay will be like and how quickly they can climb a ladder to earn more money in a better position. Yes it’s not easy and everyone cannot go get a job as a footballer, influencer, brain surgeon etc.. but generally someone becoming a teacher should know what they’re doing financial wise and if they don’t like it go for another job.

@@LukeSnelgrove If someone can afford to give more in taxes than it's not unfair to make sure that they do. Higher taxation of the richer people isn't going to make them not rich anymore. If a guy who works at McDonald's has to give 15% of his income, than a millionaire should have to give their 15% too. To say that rich people paying more in taxes is unfair, is itself unfair to the poorer classes

@@cruc1fye idk if you’re taking what I said the wrong way or if I worded it poorly myself. I do agree , for example EVERYONE should pay 15% of their PERSONAL income as tax, however the people saying richer people should compensate even more ‘just because they can’ is unfair and not right..

Yep, it's crazy how millionaires don't brag that much.

Or rather don't show off too often.

Greg-Daniel Matsouaka What about Lil Pump he is a Millionaire

@@martincastro2305 I meant most millionaires and mainly those not in the entertainment industry, where they literally get famous by showing off.

Martin Castro Lil Pump gonna be broke in about ten years though to be fair. He isn’t smart enough to keep his money unless he has the right people around him. He ain’t been big since 2018 properly.

Duchi But the whole point is that people assume it ensure happiness.

Yes, rich people bad.

The Darkest White yeah pretty much

Most of the whiners here could be at least well-off if they used their energy into creating something instead of bitterly hating the rich while having vague idea how money work.

111 000 shouldn’t everyone be at least well off? Why do we require people to live badly off in order to perpetuate it

@@harveyholmes9533 how is it required? It is the order of life. If you worth something, you find a thing you're good at and become demanded in it. Money is just a part of human relations, so you won't be starving if you're needed by others (in western society at least). If you're not, why should your well-being be the problem of succesfull people? Its unnatural and wrong to encourage parasitism. Of course I'm not talking about disabled, elderly and other people who aren't capable of providing for themselves.

You have to work like hell on the correct things. Having a lot of money makes it easier to not have to work a terrible job and instead focus on medical school or software interviews or a business

Centrist Philosopher Anyone with a brain knows that 99% of the rich attain their money without working harder than the average person. A smaller majority of the rich are simply rich by name and by connections. The system is designed to make the rich richer at the extent of everyone else. People fear socialism too much despite it never truly being attempted - at least in Britain - and capitalism self-preserves by convincing the people it is designed to keep down that they will one day be successful. The only way out of this is a revolution but again, that word alone scares people. Capitalism will kill all of us and everyone but no one seems to realise it.

If you are smart with your investments, education and your skill development, most people can make the money work for them, this is called passive income. Take something as simple as writing a book about a topic that interests you; you put the work in, you invest in marketing and publishing, you take the financial risk, and if it pays off, your book will bring you passive income over a long period of time which, providing it's a good selling book, will generate a large amount of revenue over time. Large corporations like Nike exploit these southeast Asian sweatshops and less economically well-off people (this is nothing new). However, I know a vast amount of entrepreneurs, business founders and CEO's who are doing fantastic work, adhering to regulations and providing thousands of opportunities and high quality working environments to all of their employees. Simply bringing an argument about the exploitation of workers in third world countries and applying it to anyone with a high professional title is frankly ignorant and you should learn to appreciate just how much risk is involved in starting a business and how hard these sorts of people have to work. More often than not, the super rich, that is to say, entrepreneurs and successful business founders, are super rich because they have earned that money and have been very smart with their investments and passive income and they have worked seriously bloody hard. Their success is all you see, you do not see the financial risk, endless 80 hour weeks and failures they have had to endure over years.

Lewis Goodall I cannot put into words how much of what you said was complete nonsense. Capitalism’s ability to preserve its own existence never ceases to amaze me - it actually convinces people that anyone will achieve success if they “work hard enough” and people are rich because they “earned it”. Good lord.

TomCL 2000 By saying this you are undermining and insulting not only me but every single person who has ever become successful through hard work. You will go through your life not appreciating people’s hard work and success. You are unbelievably ignorant, your theory of capitalism is just plucked from a few cases and you have applied it to ‘everyone’. You have no respect for the people that take the risk. If you work hard, make smart decisions and who knows, maybe spend less time insulting these people, you may see just how hard they work to provide people with opportunities, value and so much more. Before you insult and undermine us, perhaps take the risks and put in the 80 hours a week and then insult me.

TomCL 2000 I would love for you to meet the entrepreneurs and business founders I work with. They would really enjoy having a discussion with you on this matter

More money means more free time and resources to do the things which you are passionate about, and less time spent on working shit jobs that you hate.

@@TheButterMinecart1 Depends what job you're working to acquire that money. You can have a shitty stressful job which pays very well.

Nah it's a lie told to the poor

ShmayToday- But that is in the context of developing countries where most people are poor. In a developed country being poor causes enormous unhappiness and social alienation. In the Army your salary may not have been great but you still had a salary. If someone is homeless or constantly worried about money that will impact their life no matter what way it is glossed over.

@@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1 Yeah for sure, it depends on the context of where you're living and I agree with you. Now I wonder since there is such a difference if maybe the way society has shaped us to want and need money and materialistic things is a good or bad thing, on one hand are lives are made much easier but on the other hand we have more depressed people than ever before while in the poor countries you don't seem to find that well at least in what I've seen I'm sure there are sad, depressed people there too.

Yeah because he worked hard for it, and because he has a lot of knowledge about money. That’s a vert stupid statement you made.

You sound like a wild Karen to me Zirob.

How do you measure how hard every citizen works so rly anyone can be like " I work hard I shouldn't pay taxes " everyone should pay taxes.

Henrique Dionísio People don’t get paid because how hard they work. They get paid for the knowledge they have.

@@rens7522 i bet you a engineer at space x would probably know more about engineering than elon musk. The CEO is practically a manager and they should get paid their dues but shouldn't the workers as well?. Right now many at the bottom are mistreated, the best way to solve that would be tax increases, and they don't even have to be that major. Hell we could tax Jeff bezos half of his wealth and he would still be a multi billionaire. He would still have more than he could ever spend alone.

so said the prince to the pauper, the latter of which was all too willing to swap places

Invalid Opinion you have an invalid opinion lmao

@@jiimy. hence the name, although I think there's something to be said with that there wellerism. Money may not buy happiness but it certainly makes it much easier to be happy.

Invalid Opinion true that I guess, but does that make your opinion valid?

@@jiimy. the validity of anyone's opinion from your or my perspective depends on just that, our perspectives. You'll have figure it out for yourself. In other words, yes, mine is the only valid opinion, everyone that disagrees with me is wrong and bad

Centrist Philosopher If someone pays their workers fairly, pays all of their taxes and donates on top of that - depending on what they make - then I am fine with them being rich after that. The issue is that a tiny group of people have more money than the rest of the world combined and rarely do any of those things.

Not if you continue to over tax the rich, then you'll just eventually run out of their tax money and a big void to fill.

Funny thing is though if the so called 1% are taxed to death most of these companies they own are going to have to be shut down which means less work and less stores. Pretty sure this was shown during communist Russia where people blamed the farmers for being rich and having food which later ended up with people putting blame for their misery on the 1%/the farmers which is even shown in this day and age. And what later happened is that millions of people died from starvation in Ukraine and Russia. You might not like some people being rich but I don't think you wanna see the consequences that happens if they loose their money.

_doffe Completely different times and systems. I never said I wanted a socialist state. I want a system whereby people *cannot* avoid tax and if they don’t cough up enough of their enormous fortunes ( no one in the world needs more than 50 million if you ask me ) then we take it from them. Human nature isn’t dog eat dog, but capitalism tells people that it is - or the people that benefit the most from capitalism do. FYI - the 1% are not remotely taxed enough. Every last one of them avoids tax in some manner despite having more money than anyone could ever possibly need. The narrative that socialism punishes anyone else other than the elite is literally fear mongering spread by - guess who - the elite who control newspapers, broadcasters and almost all media.

@@TomCL-vb6xc By no way was I telling you that the rich shouldn't be taxed and never did I put words in your mouth that you wanted a socialist state. Of course the rich evades taxes and that they aren't taxed enough but in this day and age we see the same thing that happened during the soviet era different times and systems or not. Alot of people now a days see it very black and white and its us against them which will only cause more trouble. Tax them yes, and send the ones that evade these taxes to jail for all I care. But at the end of the day it's not hard to realize people are using this as a scapegoat and putting all their blames on the elite with no other reasoning then "they're rich so they're bad lol". No person should own 100 billion and be able to evade taxes or influence voting, media etc. But if 80% of the people blaming the elite can't even formulate an arguement except "rich man bad and we should take their money" then i'm sorry but that reasoning scares me on so many levels.

Not really. Buying things makes you feel good, but it's a momentary effect. It doesn't persist. It doesn't increase your overall happiness levels.

Wow most of the things that be bought bring happiness? that's very shallow. So if you buy bricks you'll feel happier?

@@Leon-ve2xb Really? how is it shallow? You certainly didn't say most things as you can read your statement above. Besides that is still shallow if you think buying shit equals happiness. You need to look up an economic concept called marginal utility hopefully it'll clarify the problem with your statement.

Ha he sounds like David mc Williams pretty funny on this topic

Have you ever been treated by a doctor who has had all the illnesses he treated? That's exactly how theory works. You get an understanding of a topic and if enables you to solve problems related to it or much broader, to have an opinon. That's why education is valued, it is the best way to emass theoretical knowledge hence becoming smarter.

@@Arcaryon True, a Dr does get better at treating, and understand illnesses through repetition. If they have never had that sickness themselves they could tell others what it's like through seeing and treating it, but wouldn't truly understand how it actually feels.

@@BakedFlacid I think this example is very accessible because we all know doctors and illness but being sick usually doesn't help us to heal ourselves - just like you said. Repetition is essential, I would go so far and say that self-doubt and self-reflection is equally if not sometimes even more important to solve a task successfuly (in theory that is) - politics is good example for that. The administration's gets used to ruling but good governing must be learned via repetition and self-reflection aso.

@@Arcaryon I can give you this, maybe I'm just prideful or biased to the subject.

What's wrong with that. Go do it yourself and stop crying

@@pomat22 Makes it easy for him to avoid tax (which in his next breath explains how he intends to do by espousing trickle-down economics). And shields himself from the exploitation of his workers.

@Vodoo Child Which part? Tax avoidance, trickle-down economics, or worker exploitation? Because all 3 are either morally bad or plain stupid economic theory.

d b except it isn’t. It’s a correct one. So.