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Happy Hoosier

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20. I've referred to it as "scoreboarding."

Wed May 20, 2026, 11:40 AM

May 20

The ultra-wealthy cannot possibly personally spend their fortune. Having more just doesn't matter to them in terms of lifestyle. They can buy whatever and however many houses they want. Private jets, private planes... any material posession.

BUT, they are driven not by a desire for more material posessions. They want power, and recognition, and a sense that they MATTER. And that comes, in their opinion, from their position on the Forbes wealth list - the scoreboard. They are all driven by a black hole of need that can only be filled by ever more.

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I believe that the drive to amass more & more wealth, no matter how much the person already has is [View all] tblue37 May 18 OP

It is a money addiction and sadism. Irish_Dem May 18 #1

Addiction is what I think too. raccoon May 18 #2

I've been calling them "greed junkies" hvn_nbr_2 May 19 #13

No amount of money will satisfy them. Irish_Dem May 19 #17

True Codifer May 20 #19

The money buys them the power. Irish_Dem May 20 #22

.... markie May 18 #3

One of the Deadly Sins: GREED dave99 May 18 #4

It's definitely a mental illness. Everything wouldn't be enough. patphil May 18 #5

Agree! KT2000 May 18 #6

Me too. They are addicts. travelingthrulife May 18 #7

In my theorizing, it's a form of arrested development nuxvomica May 18 #8

"Money doesn't talk, It swears!!!" Ford_Prefect May 18 #9

I'm a bit pathological, also. I can't hold on to what I've gathered. erronis May 18 #10

They're thieves too purr-rat beauty May 18 #11

Or given the haste at which the pace to redistribute wealth away from the middle-class and poor ffr May 18 #12

In days of old they called it Gluttony... and a deadly sin n/t Tom Rinaldo May 19 #14

check that...all of them. Tripper11 May 19 #15

Well Done! n/t Tom Rinaldo May 19 #16

Terror Management Theory (TMT) Another Jackalope May 19 #18

I've referred to it as "scoreboarding." Happy Hoosier May 20 #20

Crassus was the richest man in Rome who LOVED gold. dalton99a May 20 #21

Message auto-removed Name removed May 20 #23

Absolutely! SheltieLover Friday #24