Proverbs 13:22 says: "A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous."
I've read several interviews over the years where wealthy people say things along the lines of "my kids won't see a cent of my money", ***but*** the way they come off is smug and holier-than-thou as if it's a virtue to not leave your kids anything.
It is one thing to say that you don't want your kids to end up being entitled brats who end up junkies but that has to do with how you parent them *before* you die. I think that when these types of stories are published, it causes older generation to think that leaving nothing to their children isn't just normal, but praiseworthy.
Additionally, when someone in the entertainment industry makes these sorts of comments, they want to believe that their wealth came from how great they were without any acknowledgement that they were lucky. It would be like a lottery winner saying that he wasn't going to leave his children any of his lottery winnings because he "wants them to know how to work for a living".
It's the *attitude* that gets me, the idea that people think not leaving your children an inheritance is something to brag about.
It's the boomer mentality of fucking up the country, draining it dry and leaving nothing back. Of course they do not spare their children.
> but that has to do with how you parent them before you die.
To boomers and idiots (big intersection) that doesn't matter. They throw their children into institutions and follow the stream, and expect everything to work out fine for their children as it worked out for them.
They do not understand that times have changed, namely got significantly worse. Back then it was sufficient to not be retarded and to "show up" to get a job apparently... today one can't even find a job as a skilled, experienced man without having 100+ competitors and having to figure out the automated systems they use to filter applications (keywords and AI). And the competition is not about skills and fit vs cost, it's about superficialities and "marketing yourself." Due to that, everyone is fucked (employers and employees). Newbies are more fucked than I am, but even I am fucked enough that I had to go an alternate route (fortunately I can).
> came from how great they were without any acknowledgement that they were lucky.
It's all about illusion. Tricking others in the shared game of pretend everyone plays. You cannot imagine how much of our world is drowning in illusions, including everyday life.
Which is a good idea, if the world wouldn't be so fucked. 50 years ago it was much easier to hustle through life and find a living doing whatever. You could be creative or go the default route. Both worked.
As of inheritance, if it's all about money, the boomer already failed. Handing a farm, shop or anything related to professions to your offspring to continue the work is one thing, but just handing bags of money is stupid.
But the boomer is too self-obsessed and arrogant to recognize his failures and how to do anything right that isn't already handed to him by the status quo.