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So much to think about from an 18 minute interview.

A wise man. If you can give your family a decent life, roof over their heads, food on the table, education, access to healthcare and teach them to be aware of how they can help others and make the world a better place, you have all you need. The contentment that brings is beyond price.

Bannon is a fascist anti- American cuck!

I was checking to see if anyone has shared that story!

A brain dead opinion from a rich man. I’m middle class and I feel I have enough to help others. Doesn’t make me rich.

You're greedy‼️

You’re very poor indeed, spiritually, if you’re planning to de-value the dollar and force your 🤬 crypto currency on us.

My late grandparents owned a wholesale food business. They believed "You've got to spend money to make money." Paid their employees *higher* than union wages, company-paid health insurance, sick pay, & bonuses. They saved and retired comfortably middle-class. Happiest people I ever knew. No greed.

Love this perspective. The distinction between 'having enough' and 'needing more' is the entire philosophical difference between a fulfilling life and one driven by consumerism. Thanks for sharing the wisdom!

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Yep, by leaving billions their heirs may end up having little to aspire to.

This ☝️

Truth

where does he berth his boat and where's my free beer? i finish work at 10pm.

If you have an island and still need to invite someone for a beer on your island? You're a "financial zombie": rich and not rich at the same time.

Why don't we give them some Zen? Maybe then they'll stop asking questions 😂.

It is said that Willem Dafoe has a similar healthy attitude towards wealth and fame.

It’s hoarding. No different than the people on that hoarding show. They are filling a void that will never be filled. They beat the game and now stuck on this planet with no way to ever truly feel success, happiness nor joy. Nothing will ever satisfy them.

Well said!

Addicts can never be satisfied.

Mic drop.

I'll watch the entire video when I've time but I'd say: If you've *friends* whom you could invite for a beer, you're rich. If you've a mansion and a yacht, yet STILL want more, you're emotionally dead inside, and nothing will satiate your greed. The greediest people seem to be billionaires.

If I had the money, I’d be treating friends every day. It’s always great to tell someone “your next beer is on me.” Or even just to bring them a beer and say “this one’s yours.”

Exactly, you're sick. Greed is an illness.

This I both loathe the rich and pity them, poor wretched souls yet rewarded in life beyond measure They know so little truth. They exercise love, not at all. If justice is not done in this world, may the fires of hell burn them to ash, and that would be merciful for those loveless THIEVES

Nails it. So fun when someone whose work I love is on the same page. I wish his movies didn't lean towards the gruesome because I'm so squeamish- his aesthetic is just gorgeous and fascinating. I love love the intricacy of his visuals and how they are so distinctive w/o being repetitious. Cool guy!

Always liked this Gentleman!

Exactly!!! Never enough!!!

Difference between wealth and greed.

This is the core of French Canadian culture. We came here to live with little, but the little we had was more fulfilling than anything we ever had before. Songs of Freedom and majestic nature and pea soup 👏

Money hoarding is just hoarding. It’s a disorder.

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Greed is never satisfied

Wise words indeed.

Guillermo is a good man walking lost in a forests of leechful mirages.. 🤷‍♂️ if he hasn't found his was out already he probably will in his own time.

He's so right. We're being governed by hoarders - they are literally mentally ill. That's a choice we've made, not a necessity. Tax appropriately and break up our overly concentrated economy. Everyone will be better off, even the creeps at the top.

Greedy politicians

“To my brother George, the richest man in town!”

No one ever said, “Rich but honest.”

Literally like the walking dead.

The real zombies!

He is such a gift of a person.

It’s the truth.

True wealth is knowing when you have enough. Most people chasing more are just chasing emptiness.

Correct. Whenever I feel really poor, I remember a visit to Monaco where the rich walked around looking constantly unhappy that their neighbour had a bigger boat, a newer car, a more expensive handbag. I can buy my friends a beer and I know I am rich.

No lie, my first reaction after reading this quote was “huh?”.

< whereupon a feeling of contentment washes over me >

You are suffering a severe self destructive mental problem when too much is not enough. Wealth worship has to end. Massive amounts turns humans into self absorbed monsters that inflict unnecessary suffering on everybody else

Enough...a strange concept to some, though if adopted as a life tenet, is the one true path to contentment 😊 ☺️

wealth is like that, you can be miser-able while one is a miser ( can not wait for frankenstein by the same director )

Amen

Once again: where’s the logic on a single individual being able to hoard so much money he couldn’t possibly spend over thousands of lifetimes even if he tried to, while most everybody else keeps tethering between debt and poverty? Just because our capitalist system allows it?

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Who wants a beer 🍺?

Yep - Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs !

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The “morbidly rich”

Perfectly said👏👏

I have had a flame for this man since I listened to the commentary track for Blade II when I was a teenager, and it has never dimmed. Beauty.

Yes...and if your children are happy, healthy and well-fed: you're rich. (A free education would help too...)

You are not rich, you are a mentally disturbed hoarder. Just like the people who are unable to throw away or recycle stuff everyone else thinks is trash.

I'm a disabled person, but I was thrilled to be over at our son's house for trick-or-treat. What was even better? We were able to contribute to the candy giveaway with a bunch of bags. It was a wonderful day..

Thank you. Wealth, without greed for power, lifts all boats. Greed for power, stemming from a warped ego, kills planets.

Reminds me of an old favourite Latin saying from Seneca; "Neminem pecunia divitem fecit" = Money has never made anyone wealthy.

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I'll stick with the definition of wealthy as being someone who owns far more assets than most people, thanks.

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Nice, but I have met the rich thru my work as a musician,can assure you all they think about is ever more money. Art, culture, beauty is something they can buy to impress each other, and not something they actually care about.

Seen some relationships where like a home grown garden! One person,there is more here than we can eat and hands Niebuhr some. Only to turn around and hear what are you doing 🤦🏼. Can be a slippery slope to be generous around others. I do it anyway.

Yes

Tax the rich make, them poor rich!

"Life is an Intelligence Test"

40% of wealthy people are bloody idiots, another 40% are as normal as you and me. Only 20% are really smart and good people ready to change the world in a better direction.

I'm formally inviting del Toro to grab a beer with me.

Like Sheryl Crow says in this song, youtu.be/Ji0NHUaoefU?...

I love this saying. It is so incredibly true.

I feel rich every time I go into a dept store able to buy anything and walk out with nothing bc I realize I want nothing. That’s contentment 😎

That’s well said.

You know who says shiit like this? Rich ppl

He’s spot on

Something to remember. We have too many little billionaire men running around who will never reach this level of enlightenment.

You are not rich , you are greedy. Thank you

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Overwealthy people should be considered greedy people indeed.

This is something assholes say to keep the impoverished from demanding what’s theirs. Lost some respect for GdT on this one.

If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more... you're in the Epstein files.

The unquenchable lust for more. That empty space inside must be huge and all consuming for such folks.

Thanks! She put up with a lot over the past 30+ years. There's been a lot of sacrifice, so the thing now is to enjoy life together in the time we have left.

….but you are an addict.

My dad always told me, "if you can walk through this world and say you have only 2 good friends, you are a very wealthy person ".

It is unfortunate that the wealthy people of our era no longer study philosophy or virtue.

Especially not if you're not paying a living wage and steal from your employees to become wealthy

It's obviously a disease. There isn't enough tangible wealth to be had that could fill the hole in Trump's soul. He has a need to lash out against humanity and we have foolishly given him great power to do so.

“Contentment is the greatest wealth.”

Yep! If all that you desire is more, can you ever have enough?

I really don't get how completely empty these people must be to not realise how empty they really are.

Not merely a great creator of horror for our age A truly great human.

And that's why he's an icon. 🍀

Wow. So true. Powerful.

Dragon sickness. The more you have, the more you want. Wealth in excess of need is toxic.

Greed remains the antithesis of true wealth.

Now I understand why people were so upset by the shutdown of USAID

Wise words… wise words indeed.

Sad but true.

They probably are addicts. But isn't it tragic that every other addiction has a therapy and often is regulated by government, but money hording is not? Instead, governments not only feed the money addiction, but often literally feed on it, corrupted as they are.

Enough is never enough for these people.

Their wallets are full but their souls are empty.

Guillermo. Benicio del Toro del Toro 🤝 having a few small beers

Yes, my views exactly.

If you have enough to not worry about rent, food, bills and have some left for a holiday and some fripperies you're good!