Money really do work like that. People won't get better until they got sufficient economic security to get of base level subsitance thinking.
This is very true. I've been a heavy saver my whole adult life and I have a number I want to hit. If things stay mostly the same for me, I should hit it within the next 10-15 years, and then I'm putting in my two weeks.
I don't need to be like one of these people who keeps making money until I die. I just want to hit a number that gives me independence and security and I'm out.
I always tell people: You can look at the last 44 years and know definitively that, at least in an economic sense, no one you're voting for cares about your welfare.
So instead of donating your money to political candidates, who have billionaires backing them and don't need your money, save or invest that money instead.
At least your investments will have some measure of representation.