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Originally Posted by Unregistered
All this talk about rich people feel very sian, hard to work with office politics or trapped by money nonsense is just something touted by poor under-achievers to convince themselves and others in the same boat why life "sux" being rich and high up in senior management. This has the effect of making them feel less paifuln about their lack of material possession and lifestyle while giving the impression they could have achieved much more, but "conciously" choose to downgrade themselves.
Fastest way to smoke this kind of people out is to ask them if given a choice will they choose:
a) being trapped by money, sian driving a car, show off to save face and playing office politics with lots of money
b) poor in rat race, with lost of "work life balance" and spiritual well-being
Suddenly 95% of the people dont mind being "trapped" after all.
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"People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages. They come readily to define themselves as inherently worthy of what they possess; they come to believe themselves 'naturally' elite" - C Wright Mills