Say all these people say climbing Mount Everest is truly the most life changing thing they’ve ever done. Suddenly I start thinking maybe I should climb it too. I would love to hear stories to the contrary before I make the commitment.
And this is exactly why I wrote this comment. People here are looking to get rich without asking enough questions like "why" or "what then?"
Make a few millions if that's what you want- why not? But it won't make you happy.
Stay away from drugs. Keep doing things that you find interesting and bring you joy. Associate with cool people. And don't say "f you" too much because social connections and a few obligations here and there are what make life fun.
And I don't blame you, the entire political and financial apparatus of capitalist society is designed to protect the status, wealth and privilege of people like yourself at the expense of everyone else grinding their lives away under the millstone. Obviously the best thing to be in a capitalist society is a capitalist, to whom capital and the benefits of capital are intended to flow, rather than one of the shmucks being fed to Moloch.
But as far as feeling sympathy for the plight of the wealthy - I'm not a communist or even a socialist but I'm playing The Internationale on the world's smallest violin right now.
Indeed. If there is something wealth didn't change, it's my selfishness - just as much before as after!