af?flu?en?za - "a psychological malaise supposedly affecting wealthy young people, symptoms of which include a lack of motivation, feelings of guilt, and a sense of isolation."

af?flu?en?za - "a psychological malaise supposedly affecting wealthy young people, symptoms of which include a lack of motivation, feelings of guilt, and a sense of isolation." ( nytimes.com )

submitted 2015-12-22T23:57 by salvia_d

5 comments

Gravspeed 2015-12-23T06:03

You spelled that wrong... It's assholenza

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Maki_Man 2015-12-23T04:12

Rich people, especially those who are born in a very wealthy family or who inherit tons of wealth, need to learn how to exit their comfort zones and socialize with the rest of us to stay human. I think a big reason why shit happens is because some of the super rich or elite get afraid or paranoid of the rest of us and they fear losing their wealth. Some of them may also think that for them to be happy it means that the rest of us need to lose our own wealth, suffer or be unhappy, similar to the mentality of a bully who needs to pick on softer targets in order to feel better about themselves. It's cheap and not the way to go. The way to be happy is to overcome your problems and achieve your goals and to want others to succeed.

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B3bomber 2015-12-23T08:03

Sociopaths/Psychopaths described there. Those 2 things are not mutually exclusive either.

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macredsmile 2015-12-23T09:14

You are correct.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_triad

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ElspethTirel 2015-12-23T00:19

I wish more people would come down with a case of "hang-the-rich."

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