Do rich people resent poor people happiness or the other way around?

[torgor67]

Well I find its both as if you were poor you would resent the rich people for having lots of wealth which makes it easier for them in life and if you were rich then you may lose some meaning in life which poor people have as sometimes when your rich you don't feel the pressures or satisfaction of certain things in life because the riches make it so you can get spoilt a lot without earning stuff. Its not so much about if you are rich or poor but whichever one you are its about how you decide on using your social status as poor people may be poor but they can have more goals such as striving for riches which can give them motivation and rich people can use their money for good so its all about how people use their status. Cool question by the way made me think!

[TeeBar]

Wealthy people do not "resent" the poor although some of the poor may resent the rich, particularly those who inherited their status rather then having earned it. I believe that people who sweated their way to fortune deserve it but those merely born to the trust fund or bank account need to do something to prove it was deserved.

[jennifer_bloom]

I think a lot of rich people lie to themselves by telling themselves they are happier because they have money and no matter how miserable they are - will continue to believe they are happy because they are rich. My dad is miserable cause he has all kinds of psychological problems and is being severely abused by my mother every time they are alone and he believes he is happy because he is rich. I’m poor because I have 24 book outlines and 24 book ideas but they have not been turned into published creations yet but I’m happy. My dad thinks I’m happy without money due to some unexplainable mental illness and my mother thinks I’m miserable and pretend to be happy. They worship money and do not believe it’s possible to be happy without it.

[Mystic_Nova]

most likley other way around. nobody would volunteer to be poor

[DeeDeeDeVour]

Oftentimes, it's the other way around.

[Browneye57]

Rich people don't care about poor people. Period.

[Anonymous]

Maybe I’ll let you know if I become rich someday