We are wealthy and why it matters

The article isn't really about amounts or things. I think it's more about having what you need, and more than you need, and appreciating that fact.

Compare that to not even having access to clean water.

I take your point, but it is much like the thread about poverty.
What is the definition of wealthy?
Who decides what is wealthy, and what is normal/average/getting by.

Plus I am always hugely wary of country comparisons.
£10 in some countries will get you a lot more food/house/goods than £10 in another country.
Which is why I think that when you hear that someone's wages are tiny in another country, so probably are their other bills.
A sweeping gnereralisation, but I think you get my drift.

I would google, but have got things to do.

It's not a question of living a life of extravagance or not.

A good deal of my furniture is secondhand either via family (grandparents) or from secondhand shops. Always has been. So has my mother's. So was my grandparents'. But, as the article points out in various ways, this is still wealth compared to those much worse off than us, which is probably at least half the world's population.

Thought provoking.
Not sure I totally agree with it.
I need to read the article in more depth.

First thoughts. Yes, the man in the article is wealthy.

Not sure that can be said of younger people in this country. Often they have student loan debts. And money they earn goes towards very high rents. Plus if they are living with someone, yes they often do have two cars, but they need them to get to work, as it would be too far to work.

I can only speak about my DD that is married, but her furniture/bits and bobs came from wedding presents and second hand stores. It could all be sold I suppose, but would barely make 2 months rent/mortgage.
And in this country, living in a tent is hardly going to be adequate.

It sounds like I am making excuses. And I totally take on board the healthcare bit.
But equally, a lot of people, the young in particular in this country, are not living a life of extravagence, more a getting by lifestyle.

Personally, I think that older people in this country are the ones with rose tinted glasses on the whole about wealth, as indeed quite a lot of them do have wealth.