The $38,000 hand bag: if you had more money, how would your lifestyle change?

[MrScorpio]

23. Is Oprah is entitled to spend that kind of money as she pleases?

Well, there's no question that she's earned her personal fortune, which really isn't the same for people who haven't.

As long as we have this economic system which encourages this sort of wealth inequality, it isn't fair to make a judgement like that against people who have legally and morally used the system to obtain wealth. That's especially true for people who do no harm against others in making personal purchases.

Remember, we are talking about someone who has used that wealth to give away expensive items like cars to everyone in her studio audience, she's also a philanthropist and most certainly earned her money through entrepreneurship alone.

Yes, for the rest of us, a $38,000 handbag sounds like an extravagant purchase, because for us, it most certainly is. But for someone who isn't creating more suffering and wealth inequality for the rest of us by that purchase, it's not like there's anything wrong from her doing it.

If as a society, we seek to change the priorities of wealth inequality then, yes, we can validly ask "how much is enough?" But in our current system of societal values, there really is no answer to that question.