(September 16, 2009 at 2:37 pm)Saerules Wrote:(September 16, 2009 at 3:45 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Heartless yes. Who is anyone to judge that just because you aren't rich you can't have children? That just disgusts me. Wealthy people abandon their children to childcare so their kids are raised loveless. Quality of life isn't about money.
And such people shouldn't be having children for other reasons. If you would have a child, only to abandon them: you should not have had that child in the first place.
And who the hell told you that one's quality of life isn't about money? Money is one of the most important factors in determining life quality: Can you pay for heating, food you like, a decent house, a decent car, media and entertainment, etc.? It is the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT factor in determining quality of life. Resources and comforts are both purchased by money, and without money: one must live a very simple and often terrible life.
Take away every person's money, and see how far their quality of life deteriorates: Back into the stone age.
More money than you need deteriorates your quality of life too. People move to cities with poorer community, or separate themselves ..also destructive. Like Ace says money serves a purpose: to replace bartering.
How does simple equate to terrible?? A simple life can be the happiest. To have mastery over the drive for wealth beyond your needs is healthy.
A hard life can be happy, an easy life can be destructive.
