Joe, you said...
when I spoke of having friends of different incomes. I said this cannot be possible because lower income people are intimidated by higher income people. I don't know if "intimidated" is the right word, but jealous or envyous could all go in the blank depending on who your speaking of.
Intimitated is specifically not the correct word here.
Nor is jealous.
Envious IS more likely the correct choice of words.
Lower income people are by nature envious of those of higher income levels. And rightfully so. Even if your income is $300,000 a year, aren't you envious of those making over $400,000 a year or more? That does not make you an intimidated or jealous person, only merely as you correctly state.......ENVIOUS!
All people ENVY others. It's our raw nature as humans.
It is the emotions of intimidation and jealousy that stand in the way of effective human interaction. And that is what Matt and Poet have tried to get you and others here in jail to understand.
Right, wrong, or indifferent, people are people. Some have greater knowledges than others. Some were born into different environments than others. Some know greater compassion than others.
Yes. ENVY. Envy is the right word for most of life's problems.
