Cue the Beatles:
Artist: The Beatles Lyrics Song: Can't Bye My Love Lyrics
Can't buy me love, love Can't buy me love
I'll buy you a diamond ring my friend if it makes you feel alright I'll get you anything my friend if it makes you feel alright 'Cause I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love
I'll give you all I got to give if you say you love me too I may not have a lot to give but what I got I'll give to you I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love
Can't buy me love, everybody tells me so Can't buy me love, no no no, no
Say you don't need no diamond ring and I'll be satisfied Tell me that you want the kind of thing that money just can't buy I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love
No worries, the Democrats will make us all happy.
Ask anybody if they are happier having the things they want or happier not being able to afford them.
Being rich and free is ALWAYS better than than being poor and oppressed. There is NOTHING to debate here.
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SUCCESS is getting the things that you want.
HAPPINESS is appreciating what you have.
So,
...have no Fear,
...for you are all very dearly LOVED
...by the LOVE Itself
...and by that same LOVE
...that's carried in the
...Hearts of those around you who
...really do care for you =
THE ANSWER.
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"I'll buy you a diamond ring my friend if it makes you feel alright I'll get you anything my friend if it makes you feel alright 'Cause I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love"
Amazing how rich the Beatles got off of songs like this ...
Then again, they did do the "Taxman" song a few years later.
to buy sh#t we don't need....
Happiness is within, not without.
You dispute this? And for evidence you cite one of the world’s most moronic philosophers (assuming these are Lennon’s words)? Maybe possessions don’t bring happiness, but honestly acquired big bank accounts and the freedom they give one to say “take this job and shove it” certainly do.
Capitalism, it notes, is adept at turning luxuries into necessities—bringing to the masses what the elites have always enjoyed.
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This is done despite the growing so called-'inequality'. :)
Inequality, the lovechild of the left is useless and its increase parallels increasing propserity, IMO.
Happiness is a state of mind. Anyone can have it if they choose to.
I'm always amused by lib publications that preach to the choir about the dangers of over-consumption. Many of the habitues of this forum, Free Republic, tend to have more of the religious types than people on oh say...ah..DummyUnderground. That would mean we know that money isn't everything. The lib stooges write these articles like they are the first people to have discovered this. It's only been known for about five thousand years.
The trick here is to understand how God has blessed you can recognize how wonderful it is you aren't living in some forsaken hell hole where you cannot provide any hope or comfort for your loved ones. That ability to help keep your loved ones safe and provided for provides a significant level of meaning and translates directly into happiness when considering the bounty the Lord has permitted you.
Anyone who has a meaningful relationship with God can usually make the correlation. Those possessed of only a desire for embracing pursuit of happiness via materialism usually find it to be an empty and unfulfilled promise. That 60" HD TV won't love you back, it won't thank you, and it will never show gratitude nor share the joy of salvation through our Lord and Savior.
Materialism supported by profiteering/capitalism in itself is pursuit of nothing in the end, and that's what you go back to.
Inalienable rights...bump.
I don't necessarily agree. I think the author thinks that the readers think that there is a correlation. Or, the articles premise is that people generally believe that wealth and happiness are correlated.
What is happening here is a highly respected, fairly conservative, economics-oriented publication is starting to believe that there are limits to the amounts of material resources to be exploited on the planet. This type of thought process about "happiness" eventually leads to the outcome that human beings require more time with loved-ones and human interactions rather than more material possessions.
Our current economic system, however is predicated on convincing people they need more stuff, even though this might actually make them less happy. And, in earning the money and taking care of the stuff, they actually have less of what actually makes them happy i.e. family and friends.
Realistically, this is a message that is quite clear and obvious in the Bible and most other major religions too.
Since not everyone on the planet actually can drive an SUV in its current state, it is also economic reality.
The redefinition of wealth to include free-time and other things are all well and good;however there are at least 3 flaws: 1. There is no universal definition. An hour of time with my family or friends might be worth more or less to me than someone else; 2. Until everyone has their basic needs filled (see Maslow) it is irrelevant to talk about more complex needs and 3. The current definition of wealth is most certainly correlative to the ability to fight wars. So until the world is a more peaceful place, fewer resources means greater weakness.
If you want to be happy find your own, "golden middle". If you listen to Madison Avenue and Hollywood you will find idolatry. The bible is a much more reliable source. But at FR people generally know this. Which is why there is so much concern for the rest of America.
Happiness is realizing you have what you need.
When I reached adulthood it made me very happy to know I could buy an ice cream sundae anytime I wanted to without asking parental permission.
Several years later it made me very happy to know that I could afford to buy an ice cream sundae anytime I wanted to.
Several years after that it made me happy to know that an important someone in my life was very happy to buy me an ice cream sundae any time I wanted one.
Now even though I can have an ice cream sundae anytime I want one, except the arteries and waisteline say "no."
But, I just remember back to all the ice cream sundaes I had through the years, and I am happy.
Merry Christmas, Y'all.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
interesting article.
i think happiness is something measured by each individual.
sometimes, the simplest things bring the most happiness.
there's nothing like the hug from a little one, or a special guy,
who loves you. :)
Happiness is a well-known word that is very shadowy in common usage. However, the origin and true meaning of the word can be obtained. While it is true that being in poor health can easily eliminate the choices of happiness, that does not mean that feeling good is happiness. Also, having plenty of money or power or family makes happiness possible, but is not happiness itself. The so-called science of happiness, BTW, is ethics.