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<p>If you are taking a poll...</p>
<p>For starters on what wealth might mean economically, it might be
useful to understand the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.worlddata.info/cost-of-living.php">cost of
living and purchasing power by country</a>. Is 'wealthy' some
factor based on a ratio of income over cost of living?<br>
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<p>I don't know how you would measure cultural wealth and how
colonialism played a part in its accumulation via subjugation.
There must be other categories of wealth; spiritual wealth,
artistic wealth, land ownership, public wealth, private wealth,
etc.. How would native Americans and other indigenous population
discuss the concept?<br>
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<p>At the excessive levels of the ultra-rich (Besos and co), wealth
is for giving away for perhaps some altruistic purpose. Cynically,
some might see this as a way for making amends for all the
transgressions committed on the way?</p>
<p>More commonly wealth is accumulated to help the next generation
in one's family regardless of culture and purchasing power?</p>
<p>Robert C.<br>
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off of the Great Man discussion, I would like to solicit a<br>
discussion on "What is Wealth for". I believe we have
attended to this<br>
on the side many times (I remember a vFriam where it was
declared that<br>
"Billionaires are Assholes, but Millionaires aren't
(necessarily)"? <br>
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Each of our Great (Wo)Men on the snark/not-snark list share
one thing in<br>
common, Wealth. I'd be interested to hear others riff a
little more on<br>
their taxonomies of "what is Wealth for?"<br>
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