I never said money doesn't matter. Only that it isn't necessarily representative of success. The previous anon was implying that the people on this board and specifically those who related unhappy straight experiences or vented about how it negatively impacted their lives were just losers and whiners. Anon 1 then attempted to use income as illustrative of his/her point as well as attempting to berate and belittle those who have lesser incomes and share their unhappy experiences here.
It pissed me off. It was arrogant, presumptious, condescending, superficial and bullshit. Typical program thinking. You know, we were fed pb&j,forcibly exercised and emotionally abused because we were bad little f-ups and we still are. Only now we all are failures because we remember and have the audacity to post those stories. It was a shitty little post and deserved correction.
But I never said money doesn't matter. I spent a decade living in poverty, waiting in line at the salvation army, foodstamp office and emergency food shelters wondering how I got there and what kind of miracle could ever free me from it. I was the same person when I was poor as I am now that I'm not. I was no less deserving of happiness and respect and no more deserving of straight's cruel "therapy". I was no less smart or talented. Just less experienced.
Money is very useful. It just isn't an accurate means to measure happiness or success. And it is a soul less way to measure a person.
