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Why is the goal of humans to have so much money that our job then becomes to manage this pile of money?
Seems sort of stupid.
And to me, exhausting. To me, there is nothing more boring or disinteresting than spending all your time and energy thinking about tax strategies and alternative investments.
Even if you do it well, what does all of that money get you? A marginally better life? A fancier vacation? Meh, not interested. Instead of money helping us, it hurts; it creates new problems.
Life is too short to constantly be thinking about how we can build a pile of money that we never use. What usually happens is that someone will work hard, be diligent, make wise investments, and then die. That money then goes to relatives who blow the money like a rapper in a strip club. Or worse, they add your pile of money to their pile of money.
The point of money should be to afford a life that’s comfortable and helps you meet your goals. Money is a form of exchange. You earn a wage and can then trade those credits to others for goods and services. You can’t take it with you when you die.
Money feeds greed. We really can’t go a single day without seeing all the ways that the wealthy fuck others…
