The elder brother is also a person with rich experience, and it is inevitable for wealth to be tortured, thinking, and repositioning in his heart to a certain extent, especially the self-made rich generation.
I think this passage in the article says it very well:
"You ask the "big cousin" if there is class anxiety?
I'm sure there is. It's just that his "frame of reference" is no longer the number of wealth, but the mainstream value identity, the historical status of the industry, and even the role he wants to play in the narrative of human civilization. This is the common anxiety of all "excess wealth". "
So every time I see someone shouting "@cz_binance is a big cut, staring at the little money 💰 in the pocket of the retail investor", I want to laugh.
When the wealth reaches the position of 50 billion US dollars, it will not feel any sense of how the fractional number changes, even if the fraction may be millions, tens of millions. Just like you now pay attention to the changes in the decimal places in your account? You can experience it.
This is why I expressed before that I would rather believe that Sister Cz and their one had something wrong, and it is more likely that they did not do well rather than deliberately make it bad (such as $BIO that is estimated to be remembered for a lifetime), because there is no need to calculate for those three melons and two dates.
Their anxiety and pondering estimate is more about the needs of a higher level such as industry status, mainstream identity, and self-realization.
For example, yesterday I saw that Richard and @heyibinance both tweeted Binance Pay, but few people noticed that the background of the chart was Bhutan. Combined with the information I gathered when I wrote the Binance strategy article before, when Cz visited Bhutan this year, he said that he would help the local people make payments, and it is likely that this matter has progressed.
If a sovereign (albeit small) starts accepting a native crypto company as a state-level infra, the satisfaction of this achievement should be far greater than the money that can be harvested from saving 10 projects.
Now that coin stocks and stablecoins have indeed shaken the faith of native crypto a bit, this is also the time when industry leaders need to stand up and explore the way for the development of the industry. I hope these tall people come on, I will continue to dig some food in the pit first, and hope that native Crypto can usher in a new wave of the Age of Exploration as soon as possible.
After reading Brother Paris's tweet, I felt deeply moved.
Back in 2005, at the beginning of the stock reform, my personal net worth had already exceeded 100 million.
At that time, I was young, making money quickly, and my mindset started to have some issues.
The most memorable moment was when there was a bridge across from my house, where a beggar was always present.
I would give him a few bucks every day on my way to and from work.
One day, I was in such a hurry that I forgot to give him money, and as a result, I felt restless all day. That night, I even had the driver go back just to give him those few bucks.
At that moment, I realized that I had "psychological issues."
Through a friend's introduction, I found a host from our provincial station—who was also a psychological counselor.
After listening to me, she told me, "You are being tormented by your 'superego.'"
She said that a mature person, in the healthiest psychological state, is not driven by the impulses of the 'id' nor constrained by the moral shackles of the 'superego,' but is in a state of 'ego'—rational, balanced, and able to accept an imperfect self.
But at that time, I was too young and too idealistic.
I wanted to prove myself and always wanted to take those around me to achieve something great.
In 2010, I invested in Shanxi coal mines, in 2011, I got involved in the booming steel trade market in Shanghai by setting up a guarantee company for commercial bills, and in 2013, I returned to the capital market, reaching the peak of my life.
In 2015, I avoided the major stock market crash, and when my asset value peaked, I felt extremely empty inside.
Looking back now, that kind of "emptiness" was actually just TM's pretentiousness.
Later, I transitioned to PE investment, heavily investing in the education and training industry, but then I encountered policy rectification, and twenty years of accumulation vanished overnight. I paid a heavy price for that pretentiousness.
If I could choose again now, I would want to be a somewhat morally flexible, greedy, and lecherous person—somewhat sleazy, but definitely with a bit of humanity. Otherwise, no matter how much wealth I have, living my old age as a walking corpse would be meaningless.
The so-called "class leap" is ultimately just a phrase used to create anxiety.
As long as the mindset is not peaceful, it doesn't matter which wealth level you are in; the anxiety remains the same.
You ask if "Big Brother" has class anxiety?
I believe he definitely does. It's just that his "reference point" is no longer wealth figures, but mainstream value recognition, historical status in the industry, or even what role he wants to play in the narrative of human civilization. This is a common anxiety for all "wealth surplus individuals." @cz_binance @heyibinance @xiaomucrypto @jiujinshan2022 @BTCBruce1 @BTCdayu @BroLeonAus @1000XcoinV
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