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I've heard this a lot and it's one of the things thst most scares me in life. Because I want money, for financial security. I want to be able to have a four person family and guarantee their security and well-being 'til the kids have each reached 25+ y.o, and i want to actually own ~~property~~ a house that I can pass on to them, or one of them.
But the absolute certainty with which people say you loose sight of all those things when you get your hands on money...
I've already in my life run into so many hurdles and situations where i went 'I'd NEVER make that mistake," or "I'll never so something as evil, stupid or reckless as that," and then ended up doing x thing anyway. It's like having a God who constsntly reads your thoughts and tries to prove you wrong.
I've also witnessed 2 or 3 ex-friends go absolutely insane in the pursuit of wealth and status and they're only in early 20s.
I think this one is actually not a controversial opinion. Some argue that we, common people, think we're money hungry but we actually just never have as much as we need, and what we perceive as our own oursuit of greed is axtuslly pursiit of survival. But at that point we're maybe describing something different to what you outline in your comment.
Good food for thought.
Wanting enough money to be financially secure is just wanting to be financially secure. That isn't the same thing as wanting more money because you want more money.
Appreciate the reassurance, I just figure it may lead to wanting more money for the sake of it.
Especially when you see others around you getting richer and think "I deserve to be richer than them/my family should be richer than them because we're smarter/worked harder/are better people"
Some people will react that way once they have enough money, but not having enough and wanting enough to be stable is a whole other thing.