Do you want to be Rich?

[Malaikah]

Sorry for the clickbaity title.
I'm assuming you're reading this because you DO want to be rich or are curious to read what others in this community have to say.

I think considering oneself rich or not rich is pretty subjective.
If you see having more money or having high net worth the only criteria...
What's the amount you'd need to be and actually feel rich?

What's your motivation to be rich?

Do you think being rich will change how people who know you perceive you?

How will it affect your life as a pedo?

And lastly, if you wish to give back to the pedo community how will you do it?
Mention ways that are not illegal. (at least not in the region you wish to support)

[on the rocks]

I think anyone who says 'no' is a liar.  Question is, if you have to do something unethical or shady to get that money, is that worth it?  In my observation, very few rich people are rich because they're like super smart or talented.  Most of them were just born into money or got involved in a scammy business exploiting rubes. 
Surf thru the all the terrible network shows on a random weekday night.  The people who make that garbage are rich.  But are they talented? Fuck no.  Everyone involved with a crapfest like "The Masked Singer" would be sterilized and have all of their assets confiscated if there was any justice in this world.

I just want enough money so that I don't feel like I'm one or two unexpected expenses from being broke. I don't need to be a millionaire to feel that way. 

As far as giving back to the broader pedo community, I think the best thing a person can do is something I saw hoefler mention in another thread; set up some Tor nodes.  Maybe send some scratch to the Tor Project itself.  Both are perfectly legal for probably 98% of people reading this thread.  (Maybe there's one dude from China on here. )

[TheVillain]

To me, being rich, regardless of the country you're in, is to have enough connections and money (wealth) to be above the majority of people all around you in terms of power. Power is what it is. But in a way in which you stand out by far.

If everybody is rich, then no one is rich.

I don't really aspire the capability of buying all kinds of expensive shit rich people buy, but I do have some very specific personal goals that, the longer I live, the more I realize it's gonna require me that very thing - some power; some money and some connections, that is, and I mean a LOT of both. So maybe I just NEED to be rich in order to fulfill specific goals. But as far as life in general, like everyday things, I am totally fine with even less than average.

If I had that much "power", I don't think I would support the pedo community by itself. I would support exactly what I already support -  less promiscuity in general, more families, more baby-making - that is, allowing those families to be formed more like regardless of age*. That would have to be done through political means though. Well, idk, just... lobbying and its done? It would depend on how rich I am.

[TooLittleTime]

I think considering oneself rich or not rich is pretty subjective.

Absolutely true.

If you see having more money or having high net worth the only criteria...
What's the amount you'd need to be and actually feel rich?

For me, it would be having the ability to go where ever I wanted whenever I wanted, and be able to afford to do what I wanted. That plus having at least one place to call home, that I owned. And at least one vehicle Nothing else, especially materially. Under that criteria, I have never been rich, mostly due to other obligations in my life. So for me it would be however much money it would take to live off of comfortably and not work.

What's your motivation to be rich?

All the usual things. Nice car(s), nice house, travel. Of course, power and influence. It is just how it works, more money = more of those two things. Lets be honest, having money/being rich is in general more liberating than not. Whether it makes you more happy is a personal thing. But I know most people would rather have rich people problems than poor people problems.

Do you think being rich will change how people who know you perceive you?

No, because to be honest a lot of people perceive me to be rich. And often by their criteria, I am. But only to the poorest. When I was growing up, a friend I knew through school invited me to their house. They had a family room. I thought they were rich, to have a house like that. And they were, compared to my family.

How will it affect your life as a pedo?

Not at all that I can think of. But I think it has been helpful, sometimes very. I think culturally despite the really rich that get in the news, it is one of many outs - people don't think people who have money are likely to be pedo's. LOL.

And lastly, if you wish to give back to the pedo community how will you do it?

There are no safe ways to give back to the community, as scarce as it is. Except OTR's recommendation. Maybe even running a node.

[stalker]

Sorry for the clickbaity title.

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I think considering oneself rich or not rich is pretty subjective.

It is. For a homeless person, you're rich if you can afford housing, yet you're still poor for someone who can afford a private jet.

What's the amount you'd need to be and actually feel rich?

There's no fixed amount. I like to have enough to not have to worry about the future, and to be able to spend it on things I want (not only on those I need).

But I spend most money on others anyway. I'm too cheap to spend it on me. I like buying gifts, even if it means I won't be able to treat myself with something else I want.

What's your motivation to be rich?

Right now it's financial security.

I don't need a fancy sports car. I had a fancy sports car and I didn't feel any happier than I do now, having a useful car that's not fancy. In fact now I feel even happier, because I can do with my car what I couldn't do with that fancy one. Even if it was nice when girls liked it. It was very nice, but at this point in life I prefer them to like me for who I am, not for what I possess.

Do you think being rich will change how people who know you perceive you?

Yes, some of them would resent me. It already happened when I had more than they did. And you'll always have more than someone, and less than someone else, it's normal.

Plus when you're rich, you're a target to criminals, con artists, false friends, etc. That's what I heard. I'm not rich. I'm not poor either. Just the average, I guess. But one of my friends who suddenly became successful and rich suddenly had many people around him, who didn't care about him, but about his money. And he's smart enough to know that.

How will it affect your life as a pedo?

It wouldn't. My life as a pedo is nonexistent, I don't pedo in real life (and I like how most nouns can be verbed in English).

And lastly, if you wish to give back to the pedo community how will you do it?

Frankly speaking, I don't feel the need to give any monetary value to anyone from the community. I can give back by just being me, by supporting others emotionally if they need me, because that's what I got from the community when I needed it.

Plus you never know who's on the other side. Face value is great, but it gets to a whole new level when money starts changing hands.

One exception is covering expenses someone else had to cover to keep the community running (I mean hosting expenses). But I have no way of doing it anonymously, and no one asked for it (except Opal on the old PSC URL, but that's another story).

I would help financially certain people I know and care for, if they're in need (because of problems resulting from their attractions or not), and in fact that's what I do now. I give back not to the community, but to certain people who have my back. It doesn't matter if they're pedos or not (as far as I know they're not, but it wouldn't matter if they were).

[SilentObserver]

I would biddy biddy bum all day long. 

But really, I think the best thing about having a lot of money is the freedom to do what you want, whether it be hire a cleaner, full-time chef, do whatever work you want or don't, produce a movie, start a restaurant, travel, anything!

[hö]

Well, to me being rich is less about ghe money than it probably is to most people. I've seen some seriously bad times, pacing through your apartment trying to find shit you can sell on Ebay because you're not interested in a hands-on 101 degree in starvation and stuff like that. At one point I was homeless, some other point in my life I won some big money and all I did was party and go places. I've seen life through both a rich man's eyes and those of someone desperately trying to feed his cat while being hungry for days himself so that he can afford the cat food.

Yup, money is the ultimate richness factor, it'll make or break your life. But it will also nibble away small pieces of your grip on reality one at a time. The higher you climb the ladder the less realistic your judgement regarding considering things a problem becomes. You just  literally loose your grip on reality at some point and live in a world that becomes just smoke and mirrors when you die. So do I want to be filthy-rich? Fuck no.

I want just enough money so that I can do fun things on the weekends, feed my family and cover my necessary expenses while being able to save up for a three week vacation once a year. That's it. As they always say you only really learn to appreciate what you have once you loose it. And money is no different.

You know, just like with candy you need to understand when you have enough. Money is candy for adults in many ways and I sure know what it does to you when you have too much of it - I bloody hated it in retrospect, I became one hell of a cocky dick once I crossed that line and I'm glad I spent it all quickly so that I could return to a normal life. Unfortunately most people don't know how similar candy and money are and thus being rich equals being desirable in their minds - which happens to be a delusion. In a weird way society has developed psychosis regarding money. And I don't want to be a part of that and further feed the sickness.

Just give me enough so that I don't have less than I need to survive while having a life worth living and that's all I'll ever need.

True wealth does not show on your bank account but rather in your mind. It's almost ironic how the poorest people are often the most generous and how wisdom grows best in an environment deprived of money. At some point I just decided that I don't want to be a part of this cancer that grows in the public mind and seeing how people worship money instead of things of real value just further feeds my misanthropy.

I'm seriously hoping that some day the global economy totally collapses over night because funnily enough unlike the whores of the system I, personally, know how to keep on rocking and rolling in the absence of money. I don't believe in god but this shit has me praying that eventually the people realize that they're slaves of their own delusional priorities and principles.

[on the rocks]

Money is a real racket.  We're in a system where it doesn't function if you try and give everyone an equal share.  It's built-in that there will always be poor people.  If poor folks get a bunch of money, prices go up and you've got the same amount of poor people.
People got outraged about the wrong thing during the post-Covid inflation bump.  Instead of being mad that stuff costs more, they should be mad they're trapped in a system that forces most people to be poor.  Can't see the forest for the trees.

[TooLittleTime]

And... some peoples priorities are really screwed. I met someone who was driving a Tesla recently. And it was really, really a big thing for him. The rest of his life was shit, but he had his Tesla. But if it makes him happy... so maybe his priorities are right.

People always want more, I think. I used to have a lot more money than I do now. But I was not any happier. And I actually was less happy, almost no girls in my life. Because I was working too hard to have money. I was yearning for a simpler life, and I got it, though more through things going bad than me making it happen

Ive mentioned it before, except for fear for people I love, a total collapse would not be the end of the world for me, I hope. I'd give it a good run, for sure.

But I absolutely happier now.

[on the rocks]

Give me a much more physical apocalypse.  Financial collapse is so lame.  I like the idea of not having to worry about it because I'm going out in the opening minutes.  "What's that flash? ..."

I've done a lot of domestic travel in my life and I've seen how people live, good and bad.  I see what I think is an expensive house and my inclination to be snarky about what rich fucks do with their money can usually be tempered by realizing that those people are probably saddled with a huge mortgage.  They'll be in debt for the next three decades, during which time there's no guarantee that house will retain its value.  If that house is in Florida or California, ain't no one gonna want to buy it because the insurance companies are bailing on those disaster-prone states.

So many new houses are made cheaply; they're going to need a LOT of work by the time those people are ready to sell.
Or so many of these McMansions are owned by speculators and hedge fund fuckers just gambling it'll go up in value enough to flip it a couple years.

There is a huge real estate bubble that's going to come crashing down one of these days.  We've spent decades building giant houses and expensive condos for boomers.  Millennials can't afford that shit.
The insurance companies getting out of homeowners insurance in certain areas is the canary in the coal mine.  Chickens coming home to roost.  Maybe another bird metaphor...

[yuzuri]

Yes ofccccccc

[on the rocks]

A more direct answer to this thread, my motivation to be rich would be to afford land.  Own a nice chunk of woods somewhere.  Maybe on a river or whatever.  The kind a place where the stars ain't drowned out by light pollution and you don't hear jackasses with loud mufflers all night.  That would be pretty sweet.

[LateComer]

A more direct answer to this thread, my motivation to be rich would be to afford land.  Own a nice chunk of woods somewhere.  Maybe on a river or whatever.  The kind a place where the stars ain't drowned out by light pollution and you don't hear jackasses with loud mufflers all night.  That would be pretty sweet.

Paradise in so many words.

Being rich would be a dream. Wealth well controlled can bring peace to the mind and body.

[geekboy]

At this point in my life I'd be happy with being rich enough to stop working and to just travel without any worry on how to pay for it. I don't really have much interest in material items like cars or houses. If for some reason I had a LOT of money I'd probably do a lot of charitable work and help out some boys I know with their education and dreams.

[on the rocks]

If for some reason I had a LOT of money I'd probably do a lot of charitable work and help out some boys I know with their education and dreams.

You'd see my name before episodes of Nova or American Experience on PBS if I had that kind of money. ;P

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