neidu3@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 days agoWhat's your definition of a wealthy person? Sure, Bezos is rich, but where do you put the threshold?message-squaremessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up186arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your definition of a wealthy person? Sure, Bezos is rich, but where do you put the threshold?neidu3@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 days agomessage-square116fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBoomkop3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 days agoYep, Bezos is hurting a lot of people in his pursuit of wealth though. Granda gets to enjoy her extra time in her way. And yep, some people have plenty of assets to work with. But that doesn’t make you wealthy per se. You provided some good examples of that. They’re not wealthy. At least not in the way I consider wealth, which was the question.
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoI’m confused. Here was your original comment: When you could stop working and just coast off of what you’ve got till you die. At that point, making more is a luxury. That, to me, includes grandmas who live off their pension cheque as “coasting off what you’ve got.” Did you not intend for that interpretation?
minus-squareBoomkop3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoI do, building up a pension over your life is a luxury I think people deserve. I do count those grandma’s as wealthy. But that doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing, I think people should be able to retire.
Yep, Bezos is hurting a lot of people in his pursuit of wealth though. Granda gets to enjoy her extra time in her way.
And yep, some people have plenty of assets to work with. But that doesn’t make you wealthy per se. You provided some good examples of that.
They’re not wealthy. At least not in the way I consider wealth, which was the question.
I’m confused. Here was your original comment:
That, to me, includes grandmas who live off their pension cheque as “coasting off what you’ve got.” Did you not intend for that interpretation?
I do, building up a pension over your life is a luxury I think people deserve. I do count those grandma’s as wealthy. But that doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing, I think people should be able to retire.