Quote from: stadus on Today at 11:52:52 AM

For me, being rich means having freedom like being able to do what you want, enjoy time with your family and not stress about money.

if you define being rich as just having a lot of money but you can't even enjoy it or spend it freely, then what’s the point?

Some people have all the money but live in fear, can’t walk around alone, always worried about getting robbed.
That’s not real freedom, and honestly, I don’t consider that truly being rich.

You can have all these countries ranked at the top, but people on the ground still do not feel safe or truly free. Then, what is the use of being a millionaire if you cannot walk outside at night, or if you spend most of your life anxious about someone taking it all away? I relate a lot to what you said about enjoying time with family. That is probably the only "wealth" that matters when you zoom out. We see the same thing in the stats: the places where people actually have more free time and trust (places like Norway or Denmark) tend to have better lives overall, even if the salaries are not always sky-high

To me, chasing the highest GDP or stacking cash for the sake of it just turns us into targets, or even isolates us from real community. There is this silent trade-off happening between feeling rich and feeling at peace. The older I get, the more I think it is the second one that actually matters