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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Money may not buy happiness, but it certainly reduces suffering.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Money maximizes the opportunity for happiness.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Getting it as a tattoo on my ass.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Oh, I like that one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Money can't buy me happiness, but I'm happiest when I can buy what I want, any time that I want, get high when want...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSBLmhpA8Ig

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"To live is to suffer; to survive is to find some meaning in that suffering."

That said: It takes a good deal of money to fund any search, especially enough time to actually contemplate meaning... Thus, money, to some extent or another, is necessary to truly survive - and the extent of that money greatly contributes to the extent of survival. It does not guarantee survival - but it is required to have the opportunity.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Since money of course is just the means of exchange, having it prevents the suffering resulting from deprivation being imposed.