Who is one is less stressful?

1) Possessing so much materialistic shit including money.

2) Having nothing at all.

lotta second generation wealth kids do #1 perfectly fine without any stress

they end up eating it all up though and then the next generations end up fighting over scraps

Dunno. I've learned over the years that if I bring home a 100k bonus then my wife will make plans that mean if I don't get at least 110k the following year then we're screwed.

It's called "optimism", apparently, and it's meant to make you feel all positive about life.

the hedonic setpoint must really be screwing with people's sense of reality if this is really a question. Most people who struggled financially a long time ago can tell you that although not being able to afford things and being kinda sad about it is a constant, it is way more stressful when your budget is closer to the natural fluctuation of necessary expenses, when there's nowhere to scale down in case of a plausible disaster.