This person gets it. While some may dream of avarice, some (like me) want enough to be able to whether this volatile uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) America that I live in where, if you are not well off, you will suffer.
Of course, living to acquire money to acquire (the perception of) safety is itself a form of suffering.
The lack of a social safety net contributes to further suffering in the form of anxiety.
Of course, the market can change (narrator: inflation is at 7% in the US now while Argentina looks on and says, “hold my beer”), leaving your savings and best laid plans diminished.
Of course, living to acquire money to acquire (the perception of) safety is itself a form of suffering.
The lack of a social safety net contributes to further suffering in the form of anxiety.
Of course, the market can change (narrator: inflation is at 7% in the US now while Argentina looks on and says, “hold my beer”), leaving your savings and best laid plans diminished.
Our form of capitalism is a capricious master.