Why money ruins people.

We have all heard the saying "money ruins people" and most of us have experiences the snobby rich person stereotype. But how does someone who you once considered a decent person become that way?

It's obvious to you that the only thing that changed was the amount of money in his pocket so you conclude money did it.

What I'm about to suggest might seem odd to you, you might even disagree completely. That's fine, but even if you disagree please read until the end.

What if the money itself didn't ruin them? What if the task of getting all the money is what ruined them. The constant thinking of how to get more, the length they went to get that money.

Now consider this thought process, what if they were truly always the way they are now but they simply never had enough money to be their true self.

Or maybe they saw it disadvantageous to act like themselves while they didn't have enough money to support themselves on their own.

Or, just maybe, all the people sucking up to them while they were being pricks gave them the impression that the way they act didn't matter.

I mean honestly, how would you react if you punched someone randomly and people still sucked up to you? That would encourage a lot of people to keep acting that way with the thought "I punched someone and even more people came to suck up to me".

So where is the real issue here? Personally I believe it is an issue with morals, people have become desensitized to violence and simple don't care or they applaud the outburst.

Look at celebrities for example, people applaud celebrities when they have outburst. It simply gets them a bigger following, so why wouldn't they continue acting that way? Gets them more money so why not, right?

This isn't to say it doesn't get them in trouble with the media at times, but their fans generally go wild about it.

So what are your thoughts about all of it? Do you think that money is the real thing that ruins people or do you think there is more then meets the eye?