Rich and the poor who spend the most on luxury?

[Marvell1]

@Pokapoka124, can you tell us if you are rich or poor and how you spend money in life? Do you represent the rich or the poor? How can you know that all the poor in the world are spendthrifts and the rich are savers? Is poverty a sin? Are all poor people greedy, evil, wasteful, and thoughtless of the future? What is the purpose of this thread when I see most people jumping in to mercilessly criticize the poor and pretend you are all rich?

I live in a third world country, with an estimated 87 million Nigerians living in poverty so I think I’m in a good position to have a conversation about this topic. I didn’t say poor people are evil, greedy, or thoughtless. My point is far from it. I only gave my opinion on the topic based on my personal experience with rich & poor people in my environment.

Can you answer my question, are you rich or poor based on your country's average GDP and how you spend your life? Do you spend thousands of dollars on expensive clothes when your income is only a few hundred dollars/month? Or are you wearing clothes that cost only a few dollars while your income is in the thousands of dollars per month?


I know, not just you but everyone here is giving opinions based on their life experiences, but why? Why don't we look at ourselves and see who we are in that picture instead of judging others? Why don't we take ourselves as an example, we don't judge ourselves, why do we only like to judge others?

Honestly, I have heard about the economic situation in your country and I think you are not a rich person (correct me if I am wrong), and I believe you are focused on building a better future by working hard and saving as much as possible to invest. So why do we speak ill of other poor people? How would you feel if someone judged you based solely on your looks?

Our society is very diverse and rich, there are all kinds of people and each person has a different personality, we should not judge them by their appearance.

[wmaurik]

Poor people actually do not accept the reality that they are poor people, so they try very hard to get attention and validation from other people, while rich people no longer need validation that makes them look rich. There is even a survey that shows that poor people buy more new cell phones than rich people and this fact is undeniable.

That is clearly true and I have also found something like that in the survey in my living environment where poor people always prefer to replace their smartphones so that people around them think they are rich, even though they have cut their own food rations just to be able to buy luxury goods even though they are not useful enough for themselves. While people who are considered rich will always be more satisfied with what they already have and will continue to use it as long as its usefulness is still very appropriate and can still help them in their work.

[LUCKMCFLY]

It depends on the perception that people have, and I think it doesn't matter if you are rich or poor, there are things that are not luxuries, the basic things, like dressing, having a good house and living well, I know some friends who are well off, you could say they are rich, but they dress like beggars, and whenever they go shopping they buy the cheapest and end up in a unique state of meanness, then why have money if they are like that? I don't see the point , so sometimes luxuries for one are a necessity for others, living well is not and will never be a luxury.