Can wealth without character become a form of bad luck?

[jennifer_bloom]

I have seen good people become rich when they are not mature enough to handle wealth, and then their riches change them and make them into somebody they would not have chosen to become if they were poor.

Its different if you are rich but work very very hard to stay rich because hard work can build character if you rely on God and not on your pride and vanity and greed to become rich, but when you have endless indulgence without personality, it can lead to drug addiction, mental health challenges, dangerous social allies, and medical problems either from an unhealthy lifestyle or from too much pressure.

I have learned from watching those around me, that both too much money and too little money, can tempt a normal law-abiding person to behave in ways that are considered unpleasant and immoral.

[purplepoppy]

Becoming rich doesn't make you a bad person it just reveals your true character.

Most people don't say what they're thinking or act as they want because they're afraid of the consequences. You can lose friends, risk your job, be shunned by your neighbours. But when people come into money that mask slips.

[goaded]

I read there was a study that found that a certain group of people gave the same amount of money to charity whether or not other people could see it. They thought it was a flaw in that group because most people gave less when they weren't seen, and that was advantageous.

I think they were saying being dishonourable was good. Greed is good (to quote a film I never saw).