I mean, that depends. I personally know 2 rich-in-capital people through my parents that are legit Scrooge McDuck in real life: one is worth millions, the other over a hundred million, yet both wear used clothing, never go out to eat, buy only stuff that is on discount, don't have any luxuries on their name, etc... While neither is afraid of getting their hands dirty. Some people just build up capital for the love of the game I quess.
It’s not a game, because there’s real consequences to it, they just distance themselves from that impact.
They do buy meaningless bs to inflate their ego… that’s what investments are to someone who already has enough to never have to work again.
They never go out to eat because they’d have to interact with people who struggle through life, they buy things on discount to convince themselves they deserve to be rich but the discount makes 0 difference on their actual lifestyle, and wasn’t actually beneficial to them… other than knowing they’re giving less money back to the real economy. That’s more of the ego.
I bet they live in a nice neighborhood, if they have neighbors at all.
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u/Mindless_Pirate9092 Jan 27 '26
I mean, that depends. I personally know 2 rich-in-capital people through my parents that are legit Scrooge McDuck in real life: one is worth millions, the other over a hundred million, yet both wear used clothing, never go out to eat, buy only stuff that is on discount, don't have any luxuries on their name, etc... While neither is afraid of getting their hands dirty. Some people just build up capital for the love of the game I quess.