Does money give you that respect?

Of course with money you can buy respect but only in some limited situations. But it doesn’t mean that without money people cannot gain respect from the society. Money is just a factor for gaining a sense of importance for gaining respect. Affluence may give a good impression about that person that first impression alright, but if that particular person’s behaviour or his/her attitude towards the society is not soothing to the public or to the particular person, then the person would lose all the impression that the society had towards him.

This impression is evolved because of the tendency of a number of people to come to a basic yet impractical conclusion that rich people are smart, confident, intellectual, and so on. Therefore, money alone could not buy you respect, it is just a factor, but not an indispensable factor. Respect can be gained even without money.

Money doesn't purchase love although it might purchase attention. Money does have purchase power until you are outbid by someone else. Money can't purchase happiness while it can relieve the day-to-day difficulties of living and provide great distractions, it cannot insulate you from the fear of losing your money and the worry and hyper-vigilance that it may induce. Money can buy respect, however it might be an individual's respect for the money you have rather than individual respect for you -- which must be earned.

But all said and done true respect for an individual comes from the way you comport yourself (self-esteem, self-confidence, abilities, trustworthiness, reliability), the degree to which you respect and assist others in achieving their goals, and your individual achievements. But most of the people generally respect a person merely for having a lot of money,because people intuitively equate money with success - perhaps not all but most.

If one knows how to use money judiciously and properly to help people and do a lot of good things can most certainly earn than buy true respect with his money,which he could not have got without money. Any love gained via fiscal means would be a suspect even as love is even stronger than respect. Love cannot exist without respect.

And the failure of money to buy happiness is well demonstrated objectively. As to money buying respect we have a problem of definition. The fact that you think money can buy love but are unsure about respect suggests to me that we do not have remotely the same operational definitions. Hence, any answer I give will be suspect. Particularly as you include the word "true" in regards to respect, but omit it elsewhere.

More generally however, I would argue that money can buy the respect of persons whose standards by which they define such are low enough to consider money a respectable source. With money you can show off to people try to improve your status in the society, satisfy your ego or attitude. However, money can't buy you respect or emotions and words..!

That's why we respect Mahatma Gandhi and we should feel inspired by a business tycoon because of his money value because 90% think if we have money then and then we have respect but yes money in India bears a photograph of Mahatma Gandhi on every currency note because he should not have made billions but in every single billionaire here have Gandhi's photo in pocket or suitcase..! I think now you now know what is respect ..! Cheers!