Why does wealth taint our views on people

Lady B · Senior Member

Why does wealth taint our views on people

MISS THANG · Senior Member

Let me ask you this. The friends you have when you have no money, would they be the same friends you would have if you had money?

Lady B · Senior Member

Miss Thang , wish i had the answer to that , but i dont . I personally think that Money is merly a tool an objective thing. A means to an end.Although people can have have some preconceived idea's about how a rich person's character is a snob.
However it would not be a good idea to identify rich people completely in this manner. People are complex creatures. Guessing on how a person may act because of what they own is a rather lazy way in getting to know someone.

It would be best to get to know a person individually. So this way, you can be closely aware of how this person behaves.

I suspect people judge others by their status because its easier to do so. It allows no thinking on their part. A lot of people do this, they place other people's characters in neat little boxes.

but then again thats my oppinion

"Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man" -Ben Franklin

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MISS THANG · Senior Member

It's not just people judging someone coz they have money. A lot of people also judge someone based solerly on what they have heard about that person.As you said they are just too lazy to think by themselves.

It makes you wonder how they are able to make decisions in their lives. Or maybe they just go with the flow. I would find life very boring if i just "went with the flow".

That's when the saying "Don't judge a book by it's cover " comes into effect.

My crazy thoughts y'all.

Black Panther · Senior Member

why do peoples views taint because of wealth ?

Lady B · Senior Member

Pather babes Money makes possiblity, and possibility changes people.

Money gives a man more freedom and manuverablity in the world. Not to mention degrees of power. And money and power of itself are niether bad nor good it all depends on there use.
we all judge people because it is in our human nature we judge everyone and estimate what they are like from our past experiences, so people think that youths are trouble makers and rich people are snobby and poor people are common and stupid. Usually these generilisations are true but there is always the odd exception.

i say that Riches or poverty are not states that truly belong to men. God places you on the stage of life in this or that post and it is your job to play the part to the best of your ability.

The man who thinks he's better than you because he has wealth while you live in penury is mistaken. For himself he is in a bad way.

The man who is poverty-stricken and believes himself to be worse off than the rich man is similarly living in error. For himself he too is in a bad way.

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Black Panther · Senior Member

congrtulations Lady b, I think you have found an answer to your own question -

From a Malawian perspective - were poor in general. So what happens when a poor man getsa shoe - everybody has to know it - what happens when a man from a poor place has many shoes - he cant hide it - event if he was humble and he tried to people will still assocaite his attitude with teh poor man that got one shoe that they have grown accustomed to know - In otherwords . ur damned if u have and ur damned if u have not.

People judge u if ur rich poor, in the middle , what ever. these differences are more apparent in Malawi b/c we are poor. the poorer a country is the more likely that country is to have people that show off or falunt there wealth - but mind u , not all rich people are like this - we just need to learn to support each other - thin in broader term s ie. If one Malawian gets rich , his welath will in turn affect another Malawian and will have a domino affect - we should be pushing eahother up the ladder instead of burning the wood.

YTP · Guru

WORD!!!!

SOMETIMES, WE BELIEVE WHAT WE WANT TO ABOUT OTHER PPLE SO IT WON'T REALLY MATTER IF THEY CHANGE OR NOT. RICH OR POOR, IT DONT REALLY MATTER, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS YOU GET MORE PALS IF RICH AND A SELECTED FEW IF YOU HAVE 'LIMITED' RESOURCES!!!!!

POOR OR RICH THE BELIEF STICKS ON YOU. WHAT I NORMALLY SAY IS;CARE NOT WHAT OTHER PPLE THINK COS BY THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S YOUR LIFE AND YOU GOTTA BE HAPPY. TRUE FRIENDS ARE ALWAYS THERE THRU THICK AND THIN SO THERE YOU GO!

DEEP DOWN YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SHUD KNOW ANYWAY........

mamacita · Member

Assuming that the "people" talked about was poor and then has come across some money, the core of who they are (if they know themselves) will not change -- regardless of how much money they now have. Certainly, neither should the relationship you all had change if it was true friendship.

But if both individuals involved were flaky (for lack of a better word), then certainly the poor one will start to resent the other. Or the one with more starts to think they are better than everyone else.

All in all, if the parties concerned were emotionally healthy individuals, one's financial status should NOT change the outlook of the entire relationship.

Just my 2 cents...kudos