[beebmam]

> finances are most of the time just a roundabout way of trying to be happy

If you consider not dying a form of happiness, sure. Seems overly reductive to me.

[atoav]

I live in a nation where we consider it normal to not let those living around us die of starvation or illness. That includes me.

Also: I made that caveat and you skipped right past it. Everything is a gradient of course. I am not suggesting you have to never follow some discipline and always go for the fun route.

[wuiheerfoj]

I’d suggest ‚most‘ people ‚most of the time’ are not on the brink of death due to their finances