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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are some rich people so incredibly greedy? [b]It’s like money means something other than money to them[/b]. I am in the midst of an incredibly petty squabble over an extremely small inheritance - like literally, an amount that my brothers probably blow in one weekend at their “clubs.” It just came out that they are incredibly wealthy (talking 7-figures annually) when I just assumed they were “normal” high HHI like 500k. Yet, they have spent YEARS engaged in strenuous efforts to ensure nobody “freeloads” when it comes to supporting aging relatives, they are obsessed with making sure wills are changed to reflect their monetary support (nevermind that there is almost certainly not actually going to be any money in those estates).

Before I found out how ungodly rich they are I didn’t really care. Now I find the drama frankly bizarre. [/quote]

You nailed it OP.  It is about status, power, who knows what - something beyond security/freedom that most of us think about when we think about whey we want money.  I have dealt with lots of rich wall street people ,and in general, they would knife their own mother for another nickel.  They just want more and more and more.[/quote]

Or "fairness"
Inheritance is about more than money. If distributed anything less than completely equally, regardless of one sibling's income vs. another's, it is parental favortism.

We ALL know that parental favortism is the #1 way to ensure siblings do not have a positive relationship.  [/quote]

the inheritence was distributed equally. they think that is “unfair.”[/quote]

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