money may not buy happiness but it does buy you a good enough quality of life to be reasonably happy in. expecting people to push through hard times and be happy as if all people must become saints in hard times instead of being helped and fought for - it's a disgusting and lazy POV.
honestly? i dont blame a single poor person who's "bad with money" for their situation at all. it's hard to budget when you're poor. is it still possible to make more efficient choices? yes! and it's a good thing to encourage and strive for.
but being more efficient with what you have to maximize quality of life and subsequent happiness =/= being traditionally responsible with money. meaning, a poor person spending their money more efficiently doesn't look the same as someone with financial stability and excess.
when you don't have enough money to meet cost of living, let alone the cost of accessing fulfilling activities, you have to decide where to sacrifice mental health and where to sacrifice physical health. it's inevitable. it's human to want to experience something beyond sustenance, or experience something novel/special.
if nearly every single activity costs money to realistically participate in, telling a poor person "money doesn't buy happiness" is just fucking cruel. the fact poor people face so much shame and ridicule for "being irresponsible" while people hoard millions and billions of dollars for themselves is just fucking absurd.
you just hate poor people. even if you are poor people. so am i. you're not better than anyone else because you're more responsible. your circumstances are just different.
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