Contentment is always going to be redefined by sophistication and evolution. It's how progression works. Newer discoveries, create bigger necessities, while bigger necessities bring certain inclinations.
I remembered life as a child.
We lived in the cheapest areas, ate cheap food, and wore worn-out clothes. The rich kids we had then were happy to give out their food. They felt this fulfillment when others got to eat their food or spend their money.
I didn't remember being tagged as "poor", Maybe it was the 90s or maybe it was because I was too young, or maybe it was even because we had a saner economy where you had people earn salaries that weren't eaten by inflation.
Inflation can now be inorganically induced
The 20th Century Was Minimal
I wasn't exposed to much and I didn't feel that I needed anything. Watching TV was a luxury, but inasmuch as we didn't have it, I watched TV on a daily and lived an exciting childhood. It's different now.
The era of iPhones, Louis Vuitton, social media, and so many things attached to this woke generation. I was opportune to experience the 90s as a 5-year-old.
Believe me, even the advancements we have now, do not match the quality of existence we had back then. Nowadays, being broke alone makes people depressed, and being unable to get expensive clothes or live ostentatious lives makes people sad.
The State Being Broke
Some of the depression I see on a daily is mostly attached to the unavailability of materialism. I don't entirely blame anyone and the reason is because life is now tethered to comfort and extravagant inventions.
With the need to solve, problems, we create fancy and expensive ways to do things making it impossible to see the essence of even solving that problem in the first place. I'm not entirely saying what we have now is entirely bad.
To be very honest, man has been able to advance in ways you can only imagine if you're opportune or capable of witnessing or experiencing some of these advancements.
Sophistication Wields Unimaginable Power To Money
Money gives you answers to every question, and the more we advance, there will only be limits to things money cannot do.
I've seen the 20th and 21st century, and while this makes me feel ridiculously old, it's just so surreal to measure or look at how far money was able to go, and how far the power of money has been able to come.
I heard stories of how people sold their loved ones, for food or alcohol during the civil war in Nigeria, this felt like the height of treachery, but how about having government parastatals, diverting people's tax and pension, creating ghost economy and siphoning billions of people's hard work into offshore accounts?
Alas!
The Easiest Ways To Do Difficult Things
I know that killing a person might be considered brutal, but how about taking their life savings, signing their sack letters, or rendering them penniless because of their inability to continue working?
We found smoother ways to steal, cheat commit crimes, and do heinous things. The 21st century comes with sophistication that has crazy side effects.
This has always been the thing. We cannot make omelets without breaking eggs, Oligarchs, monopolists, and some of the wealthiest people in the world have had to rob others to be where they are, create problems, provide the solution, and keep the billions coming in.
The Cycle Is Endless
The need to make money gets more serious because life commitments are almost inescapable. Bills are multiplying, the responsibilities of the modern man are so numerous, and it might get to a point where people are born to inherit and pay bills until they die and the cycle continues with more desperation for the next generation.
Interested in some more of my works
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