Reply To: Why do working people tend to not be as ruchniyus as Kollel people?

Honestly, I find that there’s a near equal amount of ruchniyus among all people who learned in Yeshiva for 5+ years, whether or not they’re still learning full time. What I also find, is that poorer people tend to be much much more obsessed with gashmiyus, as contradictory as it sounds. I find that when I talk with people that make minimal income, still in school, or learning full time in kollel, they have a higher tendency to bring up the subject of money. Everything is discussed in terms of how much it costs. Retail stores are overanalyzed for price differences, every Afikomen present is treated as a huge deal, and they know (intricately) the differences between a Sienna and an Odyssey. Full time kollel families are far from immune to this.