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Originally Posted by Lebell
One last attempt and then you are free to have the last word.
To just use ONE example, Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) had great wealth, but he forsook it all, knowing that it had no relevance to his happiness.
This is VERY relevant to our discussion.
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It is only relevant to our discussion if you are insisting that I am speaking in absolutes. Buddha (and let's note his story is
mythological) is a story about Ultimate And Everlasting Happiness (i.e. enlightenment) - and his point is that money
prevents attaining it. But we are not talking about mythological Ultimate And Everlasting Happiness - we are talking about people living and working in the U.S. (specifically) and the average person (in general). In this case, lower stress does equal more happiness. Stress creates the inverse of happiness. Again, not Ultimate And Everlasting Happiness, but just regular-old normal happiness that puts a smile on your face. Money buys it. Money does not eliminate stress by any measure.
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Lower stress and higher happiness are NOT equal. To prove this, I meerly have to provide one example of someone with low stress that is not happy.
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Yes they are. All you would prove by providing such an example is that low stress does not equal Ultimate And Everlasting Happiness. Which I have never claimed. So feel free to prove something which is not being argued.
Take the most unhappy rich person you can find. Take away all his money. I'd bet you my house that 99% of the time, he'd be trying to get his money back - i.e. he is presently more unhappy.