Why We Can’t All Be Rich Unless We Redefine What “Rich” Really Means

So here is something to contemplate on. Everybody wants to become rich. But if everybody becomes rich, nobody is going to be actually rich.

The word “rich” is a comparative adjective. It implies that others are poor. When we say Jeff Asshole Bezos or Elon Retard Musk are rich, it means they have more than others. Significantly more!

So if we go by this definition, being rich simply means having more than the others. As a consequence, if everybody has the same amount of stuff, then the very definition of the word “rich” will lose its meaning.

Semantically speaking we can’t be all rich or can we?

About the author

Martin Tutko is a product designer by trade and a part-time philosopher by hobby. Thinking, researching and doing design since 1998. And as of 2023 also sharing and writing about some of my experiences as a product designer 🧑🏻‍💻🌟