tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post2093271188545211866..comments2024-03-28T00:11:33.489-04:00Comments on bensozia: More on Money and HappinessJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-77770002039425534402019-09-18T18:07:59.619-04:002019-09-18T18:07:59.619-04:00Once all your basic needs are met and you are comf...Once all your basic needs are met and you are comfortable and secure, more money isn't going to make you happy - you need to make yourself happy at that point.<br /><br />And yet, our society is strongly oriented around the acquisition of ever more personal wealth, far and away beyond meeting a person's basic needs.<br /><br />Instead of a system that works to ensure that all members of society are well off, we prefer a system where a few privileged or lucky individuals are free to amass absurdly large amounts of personal wealth at the expense of everyone else. This doesn't make those privileged or lucky few any happier, but it does make everyone else more miserable.<br /><br />It's just all so stupid and senseless.G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.com