Tell me a speech about money can’t buy happiness or love
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people always say that money can't buy love, happiness, etc. because
Love is an emotion that connects two unconnected people. Forging of this bond requires investment of time, faith, goodwill etc. apart from an equal desire on both sides to explore a possible common road. They come to know to each other, like each other, help and care for each other, enjoy each other's company, learn about how to deal with each other's quirks, and slowly move to a point where they may feel the other person is an absolutely integral, inseparable part of their life. Do note I'm not limiting myself to any one form of love here.
Money doesn't figure anywhere in that process, does it? Sure, it could make things easier and more fun at some places — allowing them to buy each other expensive stuff or visit exotic places together, for instance — but that's all. Moreover, they can have a good time together without or with less of that money as well; if, on the other hand, there is a repulsive force between them, no amount of money can change that to bring them closer. That's why they say money can't buy you love. You buy commodities, love isn't a commodity. You buy matter made by people to sell, love isn't that. You buy experiences, love is so much more than that. Basically, you buy stuff that some governing system or authority has assigned a fixed value to, love is not that either because it is highly personal. Purchasing is a one-time activity, you give something and you get something. Emotional relationships are a long-time, continuous investment; sometimes you get a little back, sometimes a lot, and sometimes nothing.
"Money can't buy happiness" is something of a platitude given by people who love to romanticize the idea of happiness and then preach, if you ask me. For one, "happiness" cannot be defined the way "love" can. What constitutes happiness for me could differ completely from what constitutes it for you. It is also much more subjective and as Craig said, "internal". Also, books, food, entertainment... money can buy stuff that might make you happy. Is that the same as "happiness"? Maybe yes for X and no for Y. So one cannot simply rule out the possibility that money could buy happiness for someone. That said, your question asks why do people say so. And the answer to that is — Reductio ad absurdum. Their theory is this: "Let's assume money can buy you happiness. Now, you're sad, broken, burned; I give you an infinite sum of money. Can it heal your wounds, eliminate whatever it is that is troubling you, and change your mental state to that of happiness?" While it might be a perfectly alright way of reasoning for the case of "love", I would argue it's a fallacy here because a) happiness and love are not similar, as already described, b) it assumes happiness cannot coexist with (or dominate) injuries and pain. In reality, happiness can serve as a way to combat or at least reduce suffering — can because it depends on the person. So this part of the saying is too absolutist to be the truism it is made out to be.
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