For me it's two separate things when I hear someone saying that what they want out of life or their goal is to be "rich".
The Optics - Telling someone that your goal in life is to "get rich" makes you come off as a bit shallow and materialistic. You're saying that you're not content to just be happy or to make those around you happy your desire in life is to flex financially so that you can own things that you think will make you and others happy. Which for some that may actually be the case especially if you are someone who has desperate need of certain things like a nice car or to be able to pay off medical bills. But getting rich just because you want to have a lot of money in the bank account and because you're hoping that's going to solve all your problems just makes you come off as a certain kind of way. Though I do understand that there are some people who have just started with nothing and are tired of seeing themselves and their family in that position. But usually those kinds of people will clarify the context. The first part of what I said is mainly aimed at the kinds of people who think having a certain set of clothes or a certain brand of car can make up for whatever personality pitfalls they seem to have.
The Realities - Very rarely does someone go from not being rich to being very rich without stepping on others or profiting off of the work of others. Whether that be profiting off of cheap labor, taking advantage of the ignorant or the vulnerable, or just plain doing bad things either morally or legally. Very rarely do you have someone who comes from nothing and builds himself into a very big something without something along those lines going on. To be clear I'm not saying that every person trying to get rich is breaking the law and grifting people, but usually there is some morally grey things that happen along the way when you are accumulating great wealth. Whether that be tax dodging, tax havens, general abuse of the financial system,etc etc. And that's not to say it's a blanket case for everyone some people really do just get lucky and hit it big with an invention or an idea that is all their own or build up a business from the bottom and basically build It up themselves with very little help. That or you are already halfway to being rich and you were just crossing the finish line in which case you've already started out in a good position and therefore you didn't need to necessarily step on people or take advantage of people in order to get there.
Just my two cents tho.