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RE: [Freedom costs money] Freedom is about the ability to say no to opportunities
Greed is a lack of contentment and the question of how much money is enough will always be subjective. In fact most people have more than enough, they just want more.
You are also totally right to equate freedom and money. Here, an adage in our local parlance says a man without money has no voice. Sad but true
Who would you call most people? 7 billion people in the world, most in developing countries, most cannot even afford a proper Internet connection. Yet in those countries maybe it is easier for them to be happy because they have large families, functioning healthy communities, lower cost of living.
Pursuit of happiness is different for everyone. For people born in a place with a high cost of living their culture and mentality will be adapted to that lifestyle while a farmer may adapt to a lifestyle which does not require as much money to pursue happiness. I think the number is for the most part subjective but someone who is greedy never is content, never has enough, if you give them 100 million they still feel poor, still feel inadequate, still can't find happiness, because their relationship with money is wrong.
True. That's why they're called greedy.