“Poor and happy beats rich and miserable”
Agree
- Happiness is the whole point
- Money can't buy fulfillment
- Rich misery sounds like torture
- Poor with joy is still joy
- Mental health matters most
Disagree
- Poverty causes real suffering
- Can't be happy while struggling
- Rich gives options to find happiness
- Easy to romanticize poverty
- Money solves most problems
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