Dakota on Nostr: This is so profoundly a bad argument it is hardly worth responding to, but here it ...
This is so profoundly a bad argument it is hardly worth responding to, but here it goes.
Your perspective assumes that freedom is purely a mindset and that money is irrelevant to living life on your own terms. While I agree that mindset is crucial, financial resources absolutely play a role in the options available to you.
You claim to have done whatever you wanted for 50 years—great. But that suggests either (1) your desires were always within your means, which obviously is not the case for everyone or (2) you had enough resources to support them. Either way, money was a factor.
Dismissing money as ‘just money’ ignores its role in securing real-world freedom—freedom from dependence, freedom to relocate, freedom to pursue interests, and freedom from coercion. You might not need to be rich, but to say money doesn’t matter is naive. Try living ‘freely’ with zero dollars and see how long it lasts.
We only get one life, as you said—so why pretend money isn’t a key tool in making the most of it?
Your perspective assumes that freedom is purely a mindset and that money is irrelevant to living life on your own terms. While I agree that mindset is crucial, financial resources absolutely play a role in the options available to you.
You claim to have done whatever you wanted for 50 years—great. But that suggests either (1) your desires were always within your means, which obviously is not the case for everyone or (2) you had enough resources to support them. Either way, money was a factor.
Dismissing money as ‘just money’ ignores its role in securing real-world freedom—freedom from dependence, freedom to relocate, freedom to pursue interests, and freedom from coercion. You might not need to be rich, but to say money doesn’t matter is naive. Try living ‘freely’ with zero dollars and see how long it lasts.
We only get one life, as you said—so why pretend money isn’t a key tool in making the most of it?