well i guess career success is cleary overrated. But i feel like it has most to do with self-esteem rather than actual desire of money , we live in a narcissistic and classist society anyway .. . more and more people will need to feel the "envy" and the "respect" of others
when I say that it isn't really about money I mean that you can clearly enjoy life even if your salary is a bit below average travels, videogames, cinema, library, gym etc are pretty much cheap in these days .. even if the prices are lowering it's almost impossible not to have the chance of buying some recreational good you desire. even a poor person get afford plastic surgery in countries where the price is the highest after few months of low paid jobs .
obviously you need to act wisely (meaning mostly not having more than affordable children for a decent living) .
I only see "school" as good when you're physically weak or going to achieve something that isn't really about money or for receiving respect from others, but it's only for you, for you thirst of knowledge or desire to help others (ex. doctors, researchers etc) .. if it's all about money you will most likely not be incentivated enough to make such sacrifice.
But I disagree with one thing : "
As I said before , you can obviously enjoy your life while living in a mild form of poverty but when it's extreme .. so extreme that:
- you are forced to prostitute yourself
- you can't buy the medicines for your beloved one (in more developed world this usually applies only to pets)
- you are forced to turn into a criminal because that's the only job you have found otherwise you're homeless
- you and your beloved ones are starving
- you take a lot of extremely underpaid jobs which aren't "verified by the state" .. i mean "lavori in nero" or "clandestine jobs" so that you have to spend most of your days working like a slave
- humiliating yourself
- begging
- etc.
you can't really say these people are the happiest.
these are the poorest people :
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