When I looked her up I came across one of the standard questions you nearly always encounter when researching a well known individual on Google. It asked: ‘How much is Ria Lina worth?’
It’s the phrase ‘how much’ that indicates something about modern attitudes because the more transparent version of the question is ‘how much money does Ria Lina have?’ It can be taken to imply that in most human societies, worth is synonymous with wealth. It happens to be an impertinent question because Ms Lina’s wealth is nobody’s business but hers, but the point I’m making is the more important one: a person’s worth is assessable by all manner of personal qualities, none of which have anything to do with money. I would be loath to suggest that any human being is entirely worthless, but some of those who possess the greatest wealth come closest.
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