Mahatma Gandhi once said that there is more than enough for everyone's needs but not enough for even a single man's greed. Then there was the billionaire who said that if he were to distribute his entire and vast fortune amongst whole of the humankind, it wouldn't make much difference to anyone except him. Each one would get just a few dollars while he himself would turn a pauper!
What the billionaire said seems to echo a tenet that the capitalist way subconsciously subscribes to, that is, there isn't enough for everyone's comforts but more than enough for luxuries and beyond for a few. This being so it makes eminent sense to be greedy.
Now there are two questions for you, dear reader. First, who is right, Mahatma or the billionaire? Second, what happens when you have indulged in all the available luxuries and even explored the limits of the beyond and still have money left?
And if I may add a third, should the society define a beyond and put a limit on an individual's wealth which doesn't leave him a surplus when he is at the limits of this beyond? After this point money will be required only for the love of it and as the Bible says the love of money is the root of all evil! How about the wealth belonging to the artificial persons, the corporations?
Now there are two questions for you, dear reader. First, who is right, Mahatma or the billionaire? Second, what happens when you have indulged in all the available luxuries and even explored the limits of the beyond and still have money left?
And if I may add a third, should the society define a beyond and put a limit on an individual's wealth which doesn't leave him a surplus when he is at the limits of this beyond? After this point money will be required only for the love of it and as the Bible says the love of money is the root of all evil! How about the wealth belonging to the artificial persons, the corporations?
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