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progressoid

(49,987 posts) Sun Dec 22, 2013, 03:24 PM Dec 2013

Does money make you mean?

Paul Piff: Does money make you mean?

It's amazing what a rigged game of Monopoly can reveal. In this entertaining but sobering talk, social psychologist Paul Piff shares his research into how people behave when they feel wealthy. (Hint: badly.) But while the problem of inequality is a complex and daunting challenge, there's good news too.

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Does money make you mean? (Original Post) progressoid Dec 2013 OP

This supports, exactly, what I have come to believe from my experiences over the course Zorra Dec 2013 #1

I don't know about this. I'm broke.... PassingFair Dec 2013 #2

Zorra

(27,670 posts)

1. This supports, exactly, what I have come to believe from my experiences over the course

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Sun Dec 22, 2013, 03:45 PM

Dec 2013

of my lifetime.

I've seen the hearts and souls of both friends and family destroyed by two things: conservatism, and money, usually in conjunction, with the money coming first, and the conservatism growing proportionately with the wealth.

PassingFair

(22,434 posts)

2. I don't know about this. I'm broke....

Reply to progressoid (Original post)

Sun Dec 22, 2013, 05:11 PM

Dec 2013

and I'm getting pretty testy about it.

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