And some want wealth to do fun things, help people and not have financial worries.
No. Not me…I’m mainly in the second camp. I just don’t want to deal with… gestures to everything …all this.
Most people want wealth because it means they won’t need to think at how to survive the next month.
I have no interest in power. I want wealth so that I can stop stressing out over money.
I want wealth so I can quit my day job and focus on creating art
What kind of art?
I’m a performance artist, specifically circus
I want wealth so i can quit this fucking joke of a job and have my own business.
I want wealth for ease of mind. No more worries about food, shelter, and health for me and my family.
I’m still waiting for that ease of mind. I could live 2 years off my savings yet most of my anxiety remains financial.
I want wealth to become Batman.
The second fits me, I’d love to be able to secure a life for myself and my family — separate from the bullshit in the world (if possible).
I want wealth so I don’t have an existential crisis every time I need to get my brakes done. Or my teeth prosthetics needs repair
These are both forms of power.
I have no problem going to work every day if I know I can pay my bills and have some fun during my off time.
The last 12 months has been the first time in 20 years that I felt like I wasn’t able to accomplish that, and it’s getting worse.
And I’m content spending most of my weekends at home doing nothing, so I don’t feel like that’s too much to ask.
I kinda don’t fit in both. I need reasonable steady income/wealth (as soon as it covers food, a car, an apartment, gym, some clothes, … for me and some relatives) so I can do other stuff.
This will be centered around volunteering in different ways (open source, research, …) without fearing going homeless the moment I disagree with someone.
Given my low cost geo location, I am closer to this than ever.
And some people (named Peter Thiel) want both!