Contrasts......?

Question

The rich girl is sad, does not want to eat her caviar, but to be with her dad;
The poor girl is hungry, but forgets about it when throwing mud at her brother;
Contrasts of a society divided against itself.

Answer 1

I like your views on the "haves" and "have nots" of our society. (I answered your "Freedom?" question as well.)

It's interesting how Americans view rich and poor. We know that poverty is a horrible epidemic, but we do little about it. Most of us (speaking as a middle or probably lower-middle class citizen) would love to be rich (even if we say otherwise)--myself included. On the other hand, I don't expect that a higher percentage of upper-class people are more truly happy than middle-class people. Is that just consolation for myself?

I have two main views with regards to this subject:

1) Sure, "money isn't everything," but it is something. Unfortunately, in the society we live in, money, at least to some degree, equates to freedom. If you have less money, then you have less freedom to have and even do the things you want.

2) (More importantly...) Financial success has nothing to do with true success. Finding happiness and being truly successful depends on who you are, not what you have. If you go through life measuring success and happiness in terms of dollars, you are going to be in for an unhappy ending.