The White Lotus: Get rich or Become Happy?
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Used material:
🎥 The White Lotus Season 1 & 2
🎥 The Shawshank Redemption
🎥 John Wick
🎥 Gladiator
🎥 Hector and the search of happiness
🎥 Batman Begins
🎥 Pursuit of Happiness
Referenced Videos:
bit.ly/3kpH6pF Unpacking Season 2: Episode 7 with Mike White
bit.ly/3EG3Qsf Josh Radnor: Fame’s lesson plan
bit.ly/3IUMudU Stoicism's Simple Secret To Being Happier | Ryan Holiday
bit.ly/3xS5cMP Mike's Funny Moments (David vs Goliath)
bit.ly/41pwkQM The Story Behind The Zen Millionaire | Ken Honda
bit.ly/3IThkU3 Maisie Williams: The Painful Past Of A Game Of Thrones Star
bit.ly/3m7nYNH Celebrities on Being Rich But Depressed
bit.ly/3Iv7QwT Introduction to Stoicism
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What I enjoy a lot about White Lotus is that it doesn't play favorites with its characters. Even in Season One, it never tries to make it look like some people are morally superior to others. Just one of many examples: it is easy to side with hotel manager Armand against rich spoiled guest Shane as their conflict gets out of hand. It is easy to see Shane as a powerful narcissist pushing a working man around. Unless you remember that Armand did in fact screw Shane over, did not admit it and then needlessly escalated the conflict. Or how Cassie and Paula act like they have the moral highground to lecture Cassie's parents, like Albi does to his father in Season Two. Only for all three to out themselves as hypocrites with their actions later on.
Cassie, Paula & Albie are reminders that we can all be hypocrites & we can all contradict ourselves. We will say one thing & completely contradict our words. I think it's human nature. We are all self-absorbed at times. Even the working class people, like Belinda & Portia can also be self-wallowing & self-pitying like Tanya. It doesn't matter if you have a lot of money or if you have to work hard for your money, it doesn't guarantee happiness.
albie telling his dad he cant buy people in reference to him wanting to buy his mum a gift to apologize for cheating and then thinking he got played because him paying lucia's debt didnt get him the relationship he thought he deserved by "helping her" was gold. and i like that lucia picked on on albie's saviour complex and capitilized on it. Mike white did an excellent job writing all his characters.
It's Olivia not Cassie hahaha but yeah agree with the contradictions overall
Wrong show, same actress lol! Cassie is from Euphoria.
Most of the characters on this show are hypocrites. That's the point.
"We cannot truly appreciate what we have if we did not struggle for it."
Bored rich people suffer from a lack of imagination. If they hate being rich there is a solution for that. It is called charity. They could also fund small businesses. There are so many problems that could be solved with money if having too much of it genuinely makes you miserable.
I personally think charity is a load of horse shit. Have you ever met anyone who personally benefited from charity? I haven’t. It’s just money that gets filtered into an organization that can’t be touched legally. I think if they are bored, they should get on a boat and help people after a hurricane. Pass the money out or write checks directly to the folks who truly need it.
“Among the rich you will never find a really generous man even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egotistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it.” - G.K. Chesterton
@chellelaw667 i agree, as a child growing up in Africa, everytime i turn on the tv, i always saw celebrities saying that they donate money to charities in Africa but i don’t know a single African who benefits from charity.
What an incredible way to apply stoicism to this popular series.
I’ve been homeless twice in my life and I am not very comfortably wealthy. My view on mindfulness and gratitude has helped me adapt to both situations and in grateful that I was able to have this mindset throughout my life.
Wonderful video- instantly subscribed
I'd rather be miserable and rich, than miserable and poor.
rich ppl being miserable is more important tho xD (heavy sarcasm)
YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL ADORABLE 🥰
AMEN, This is literally how they get people to be afraid of making money and improving their lives. I watch characters like her, like okay get rich and just don't do the same thing that woman is doing DUH
You think like that and neither is obtained.
@@romanumeralz what are you on about many people have obtained it, oh my god do people not know how to maneuver around in the world
As someone who constantly griefs for paths untaken, i say this is spot on.
Doing that is absolutely pointless
@@indamaking it's not about the point, it's just inevitable, there is no possible way to live without constantly thinking of how things might have been if you weren't a coward or if you made smarter decisions.
@@andersongrillo5902 I feel you, I interpreted your comment as harping over the past
@@indamaking but it is exactly that
@@andersongrillo5902 harping in the sense of valuing the unchangeable over the ability to improve now
Dude, this is insane. Outstanding work. Just found out about your channel and can't stop listening to you even more, than watching.
Thanks!
Congrats! This review about the White Lotus is light years ahead of anything else on UA-cam
The worst trick the rich tell the poor is that they wont be happy if they are rich.
But that's not what this video is saying. When someone say "money is not happiness" people often misinterpret it as "don't make money" when it has nothing to do with it, it's just that MONEY by itself is not fulfilling if you just keep it for yourself and do nothing with it. Money should be used for finding meaning, help, share with your loved ones. Otherwhise it'll just leave you empty.
I think the worst trick was pretending that having wealth is somehow a moral virtue.
That´s exactly what this vid does
Gotta say, while I appreciate the idea of gratitude and the power of perspective, modern stoic criticism always leaves a bad taste in my mouth. It seems like their answer to tangible material social problems isn't to work with your friends, family, and neighbors to fix larger issues, but rather to passively sit back and say that any problem that can't be solved on an individual level is "out of our control." Sorry, no. People aren't rich because they just happen to be or because they have a moral disposition that breeds wealth. They're wealthy because of the historical exploitation of the poor and working class in our world, whether they participate in that exploitation directly or benefit due to circumstance is immaterial. Talk to the people around you. If you're all having the same system (or climate collapse) making you "unhappy," maybe it's not just something to reframe and accept. Maybe this world can change.
I don't think TRUE stoicism is about evading and denying the existence of much larger problems that are beyond "our control". Instead, in the most reductive and simplictic way, it is about being UNBOTHERED of those problems. It is about handling of EMOTIONS more than anything else. True stoics know that this world is only going to get worse but they know what they can and can't do about those. And it is all processed internally while presenting a facade of "indifference".
Like for me, I LOVE to do a semi vindictive-reverse psychology everytime I would hear someone complain about prices and debts and politics and society. You made your bed, lie in it. You despise the status quo, yet you DEMONIZE the alternatives (i.e s0cial!sm). I offered a solution, you didn't want it. Why are the rich getting richer? Because they're smart and you're stupid.
3:33 They’re miserable, lonely and self-loathing because it doesn’t matter how beautiful of a place that you are in if you don’t see yourself as beautiful on the inside.
I love your nuanced analysis of Portia! Great video essay. Well done x 10.
Don’t carry the worlds problems on your shoulders. Be driven. Have purpose. Be good to the people around you. Have gratitude. Excellent wisdom. Except the take on wealth. Wealth, as a variable in life, is always superior to poverty.
Great video, I had to watch it twice to fully comprehend all the messages regarding stoicism. Great analysis and perfectly told. Thanks.
Excellent video, thank you!
Very interesting analysis, it's got your own unique flavor (I've watched a few videos on the series now)
While I think parts of this philosophy are a good way to approach life, I don't think it is entirely true. If I had wealth, it would alleviate a great deal of stress from my life. No debt, no worries on having a place to live, of having a job that causes me anxiety, or having a working vehicle, or being able to take care of my family. These problems could easily come back if, like many people who are rich, my expenditures increase to match my new level of wealth, but I would hope that I have the maturity to wisely invest and have self-control (which I do possess a good amount of) to not blow my new-found fortune. I would inevitably make some unwise purchases (like a bitchin' gaming rig rather than a simply adequate one). Of course, I'm sure this is what many people have as their initial goal too and ultimately fail at that goal. I don't think the source of my happiness is dependent on wealth though, which I guess is more in the spirit of the philosophy presented.
yeah same here
id like to think having enough money to not worry about regular things like where to live and food and bills and stuff would make room in my brain to finally think and take risks on things i actually wanna do.
there's always the chance the money will affect you badly but id like to hope i will use it for good.
I do not trust myself with money. I do enough escapism as it is. Give me resources and God knows what I would come up with to run away from my problems
Yes, I agree with your comment. Chasing money is a slippery slope, however as you said there is the reality that we need money for life security. I think a wiser approach is to keep that balance of having gratitude while persuing money/a stable life. That is the tricky part but ultimately can help keep focus and enjoy the present.
Makes me think that the rich should try giving money/resources/supplies to the poor and see if that helps their misery.
#1 Been a fan of this channel for years, very inspiring messages.
My Point : Including the message 3 times from different quotes that traits that aim at telling us to be happy where we are in life / with what we have is to have a healthy mindset and to want more should be seen as negative.
This to me feels like the show is meant to sedate everyone watching it from feeling like there's nothing wrong with the little bit of money you may be earning, that its your fault for not being happy, "because look! even rich people feel depressed and always want more"
It makes me think of the shoe scene in the movie SNOWPIERCER. This feels like a show made from the people at the front of the train made for all the people in the very back, to be reminded of our "pre-ordained particular positions" being rich and having easy lives isnt as fun and simple as you might all think...
A SHOE BELONGS ON YOUR FOOT. YOU ARE A SHOE. YOU BELONG ON THE FOOT.
i watched the show because of this video, thank you
Funny when I clicked on this video I get an ad from one of the hosts of Shark Tank lol.
Best analysis of White Lotus and one of the best videos I've seen, thank you 💗
This video is really well done! Love it
idk if i had a million dollars i wouldn't be in debt anymore and that in itself would make me happier XD
Finding out Mike White went on survivor then wrote the show make so much sense!!
Amazing video and I would argue spot on.
Amazing insights. Love this.
Great breakdown and video! Thanks you!
Amazing, thank you👏🏼
Amazing video, thank you for your work
Money is not the same as happiness and fulfillment, absolutely.
Great video on a great show!
That they should give their money to me. I will be very happy with it 🎉
Great breakdown!
Wonderful video! Bravo 👏
this might be the biggest impact of capitalism
the pursuit of money, fame and influence is an endless never finished battle.
and it falls a lot on education and guiding people to find what makes them happy and how to make it a reality.
the affect that everyday big events, especially the more "evil" ones have on my life personally is huge. one the one hand i can see so many bad things happening around me that the idea of my control and impact goes down immediately.
its scary to not have any control and see people get hurt without anything you can do, but on the other hand it also keeps you stuck and not doing anything at all. or always wondering if i do have ways to help but im choosing not to out of comfort or laziness. for me its a daily struggle, something to work on i guess.
Being the first here, I'd like to let you know that I absolutely love your videos, and would like to intern at your channel.
Beautifully argued
"The rich exist for the sake of the poor. The poor exist for the salvation of the rich."
-St John Chrysostom
If you want to find meaning, find someone to serve. If all you can serve is yourself, you've cut off virtually all of your potential for service and therefore meaning
So many people aren’t getting the point. Money will satisfy needs, it will not make you happy. If you must tell yourself it’s a lie the rich are telling you, you’ll be in for a stark surprise
All well and good, but I don’t know of one poor happy person who doesn’t want to be rich
Are you Dutch?
ja haha
Counter arguement:
Dave Grohl
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I'm poor and miserable! 😭
I’m sad and poor
Nice try! What about starving families who can’t buy food every day?or just an average person living from paycheck to paycheck? Not able to save or buy anything except dire necessities? I’m sure money would greatly improve their lives, reduce stress, and give a certain quality of life.
If money makes them so unhappy, then why don't they stop sending their money to Tax Havens? They'll have less and will work more :)
this is a miserable show (mostly)
That must be the most shallow, privilleged and manipulative vid about that series, that is absolutely about wealth and power. Mixing two different things: immaturity&entilement (that can be met everywhere, in rich and poor) and reali life consequences of different financial circumstances is bs. Unhappiness of Tanya is caused by her immaturity and laziness. Thing that can be worked on. Unhappiness of Portia is caused by a long term trauma of poverty, constant fear of ending up hungry and homeless. Constant fighting for survival that makes her unable to feel anything else than fear. Her character demonstrates gen Z financial struggling, apparently not understood by older ppl. Probably the author or other privilleged comentators have no clue about that circumstances
Very great commentary on my favorite show. Portia and Jack's conversation by the water was one of the best scenes and it made me want to push Portia in the water! She definitely depicted an entitled American millennial to a tee. Olivia and Paula act like every popular Twitter account I've ever heard with their extreme liberal lingo and victimization. Very brilliant writing and the depth of characters was amazing to watch. ☺️
I think Portia was depressed, sure there's entitlement since we're all blind to our privileges but depression can hit everyone & I could understand Portia's point of view at times
paula and olivia used to get on my nerves because i could tell their political "stances" were just regurgitated twitter arguments. The worst kind of "allies" because they act very conscious not realizing they they too benefit from privilege. Paula encouraging kai to steal knowing damn well its wrong and the consequences would be dire for him and wouldnt even reach her just made me hate her. Condemning the mossbacher's while u knowingly accepted a free vacation from them? Gurl bye. Quinn was the only one who had a great arc
portia annoyed me as well because girl yes, your boss is a big baby, but look, you're literally in italy at an expensive hotel at no financial cost of your own. i would've at least been grateful for that.
@@debbieakadely1212 yes my thoughts exactly 💯
Olivia and Paula are most interesting characters of the series, imo. They're not just terminally online Gen-Zers. So much nuance and subtext there.
BTW, MAGA types are more annoying and certainly far more dangerous than "woke" folk.
@@SCL8294 your opinion lol 👍
Although this video focuses on stoicism I miss the bigger sociatal and economic picture in your analysis.
I agree that trying to buy happieness is the wrong way. However, there is clear empiric evidence that to a point happiness is linked with wealth. So, since there can only be rich people when there are poor people, redistribution of wealth would be a solution for some of the problems.
Nevertheless, and this is where we might agree, maybe happieness is the wrong goal or question here. Instead, it is a sense of purpose or fulfillment that eventually makes you content (and happy when your material needs are met)