The Power of Money
in Psychology ·
Honestly, I think money is just a tool used to manipulate people. The whole system we live in basically brainwashes us into believing everything revolves around the dollar—that having cash equals having power. According to that logic, money is power, but since I’ve never really fit in or truly understood how this rat race works, money doesn't mean much to me...
Whether my bank account is full or totally empty, I'm still the exact same person. Sure, maybe I wouldn't be dealing with all this nonsense if I had a guaranteed steady paycheck, but then again, I might never have opened my eyes to the reality of things. Wealthy people don't get how brutal poverty can be, or what it's like to spend every single day just trying to scrape together enough to survive the next one. On the flip side, we don't really know what it's like to be rich or the specific headaches that kind of wealth brings along with it.
I really believe life isn't as simple as it looks on the surface. It's definitely not just a matter of "to have or not to have"...
Whether my bank account is full or totally empty, I'm still the exact same person. Sure, maybe I wouldn't be dealing with all this nonsense if I had a guaranteed steady paycheck, but then again, I might never have opened my eyes to the reality of things. Wealthy people don't get how brutal poverty can be, or what it's like to spend every single day just trying to scrape together enough to survive the next one. On the flip side, we don't really know what it's like to be rich or the specific headaches that kind of wealth brings along with it.
I really believe life isn't as simple as it looks on the surface. It's definitely not just a matter of "to have or not to have"...