How Luxury Changes People
posted by munjeon | March 7, 2010
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Icerocket"Are people who travel in town cars and on corporate jets different—on a psychological level—from you and me? Does the availability of luxury goods "prime" individuals to be less concerned about or considerate toward others? The answer from new research seems to be yes."
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My research says no
— Mar 07, 2010
In many ways I can see how money numbs some people. They wrap up in their world and put their blinders on. Indeed, there are many people as you describe. Over all though, you draw toward you the energy that you exude. I work in a company that is based on helping people. In our world, you don't make a dime until you help someone else succeed in their own dreams. I know so many people that make thousands of dollars a month. One couple makes over $100,000 per month. It seems to me that the ones who make more money in our company, are even more dedicated to seeing others rise into their dreams and grow into love. They spend much of their time reaching out to others and touring the world in honor of hope. It is not a crime to make money and have nice things. Having a hearty income in many worlds means more money to share and give. Not only to your own family, but also to families around the world. I'm so proud to be a part of a network of individuals that together make a family. I could go on and on about my revelations about this topic, but the bottom line is, I have learned to see into possibilities that all different types of people are blind to. Those possibilities depend on getting ourselves out of the way to see beauty everywhere. :-)
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— Mar 10, 2010
I agree to some extent. The argument that it is luxury itself that is corrupting judgment is maybe too simplistic. The Gates Foundation is doing a great deal of good with its $$$. But is humanity capable of surviving if the top 1% is so far removed materially from the rest as to be incapable of conceiving of their suffering? The economic perks available to a common business traveler in the US during the course of a year could probably feed a 3rd world village. Hope don't pay the rent. Unless people are conscious of their motivations for seeking luxury and aware of just how excessive a material buffer they need to surround themselves with before they feel comfortable and safe, then perhaps we are doomed. I also ask myself why things are structured so that there is a minimum wage, but not a maximum wage? Is this socially responsible? For the human family?
