neidu3@sh.itjust.worksM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoWhat's your definition of a wealthy person? Sure, Bezos is rich, but where do you put the threshold?message-squaremessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up176arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your definition of a wealthy person? Sure, Bezos is rich, but where do you put the threshold?neidu3@sh.itjust.worksM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square107fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-23 months agoIf you can basically do whatever you want and the cost is of little to no concern, you’re rich.
minus-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoThere are very few people who feel this way. CEOs making millions per year feel like they need to work - their mansions, airplanes and such cost so much money they don’t dare not work. It never occurs to them they could live like the rest of us.
minus-squareProfessorozone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoWhat if you don’t have to work and you can fly to Europe for vacation without much worry, but you can’t fly first class without worry?
minus-squareProfessorozone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoOk, so not rich at that point.
If you can basically do whatever you want and the cost is of little to no concern, you’re rich.
There are very few people who feel this way. CEOs making millions per year feel like they need to work - their mansions, airplanes and such cost so much money they don’t dare not work. It never occurs to them they could live like the rest of us.
What if you don’t have to work and you can fly to Europe for vacation without much worry, but you can’t fly first class without worry?
Cost is a concern then.
Ok, so not rich at that point.