Flip through the newspapers, what do you see? Corruption, graft, murder, theft so on and so forth. Why are politicians corrupt? Money. Why people commit patercide or matercide? Money. Why people steal? Money.
Can money bring about happiness? Think about it, if you have all the wealth and money in the world and can buy the most sumptuous object of desire money can bring you. Are you truly happy? There is a Chinese saying that ‘A successful family business cannot last more than 3 generations’. Why? Because of the greed and avarice of man. The first generation is the pioneer, the second the successor and third the destructor.
How? The children of the pioneer will appreciate the parent’s hard work and strive to keep the business alive despite disputes among siblings over inheritance. However, when it reaches the third generation, there are more ’successors’ as they had multiplied in numbers. These ’successors’ are also known as the destructor because they are the venal ones who will do almost anything to have their share in inheritance.
The use of money for charitable acts? Think about it, why are the underprivileged poor? Its because of the absence of money! Money is the root and the evil! In “Utopia” by Thomas More, the writer depicted a perfect society without money and gold. Money and gold were deemed worthless and degrading as the prisoners or law offenders are made to wear gold and jewellery as a form of punishment. Without money or gold, the people were neither materialistic nor avaricious.
Coming back to reality, it is undeniable that the use of money is sacrosanct as the abolishment of monetary system is not possible in this age of globalisation – Money is an evil we must live with.
To live in ‘Utopia’ is nothing more but a dream.
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