Does money rule mankind; or does mankind rule money, that indeed my friends, fellows and countrymen is the crore rupee question.....
Money was primarily invented or evolved as a medium of exchange, a store of value and a convenient tool that could and would facilitate inter as well as intra country trade; but alas!!! over a period of time paper money and it's numerous manifestations have assumed threatening proportions that have all but overwhelmed the noblest emotion termed HUMANITY......
Money,Money,Money, it's a rich man's world; is how an immortal song sung by the Swedish Pop group ABBA sums up the rather sorry state of affairs prevailing world wide with regard to the evil of money. One wonders how these seemingly innocuous pieces of paper have gradually become a manifestation of all that's seemingly wrong with the universe as whole today......
First World countries or then developed countries as we have come to know them lord over the rest of the lot through their seemingly greater money power that enables them to ride rough shod over their less fortunate brethren; look at the peace keeping agency dubbed as the United Nations Organisation which for years has been nothing more than the hand maiden of the two present super powers the US of A and China who blatantly misuse, twist and manipulate the same to suit their narrow sectarian, partisan and increasingly megalomaniacal ends.......
The very same money facilitates the closure of criminal and civil cases filed by you against law authorities and right thinking people, enables you to buy votes, influence electoral officials and guarantees your arrival on the political scene as a force to reckon with; facilitates the purchasing of high falutin and sounding educational degrees without ever appearing for the exams that the rest of the lot strive to excel in, smoothens the way for your entry into heaven or Nirvana as the case may be and in some cases also provides you with a certificate of atonement for your barbaric sins....
Money has indeed become the single biggest existing enemy of the notion of mankind or INSAANIYAT as perceived and propagated by any and every religious order and system; thereby raising the urgent need for some serious introspection on the part of humankind and a critical examination of what they have allowed themselves to become in this insatiable quest for material wealth and creature comforts......
Money is nothing more than a means to an end and cannot buy you unconditional love, fawning admiration of your true friends and well wishers, redemption for your sins in the eyes of the good lord, and last but not the least will certainly not open the gates of heaven for you come what may........
Creature comforts or then the sublime pleasures attached to being a loving, caring, sharing, warm, committed and GOOD human being; well the choice is yours, but I can certainly vouch for one thing and that is the fact that you certainly don't need money to be a good human being and make a difference no matter however insignificant.
Money was primarily invented or evolved as a medium of exchange, a store of value and a convenient tool that could and would facilitate inter as well as intra country trade; but alas!!! over a period of time paper money and it's numerous manifestations have assumed threatening proportions that have all but overwhelmed the noblest emotion termed HUMANITY......
Money,Money,Money, it's a rich man's world; is how an immortal song sung by the Swedish Pop group ABBA sums up the rather sorry state of affairs prevailing world wide with regard to the evil of money. One wonders how these seemingly innocuous pieces of paper have gradually become a manifestation of all that's seemingly wrong with the universe as whole today......
First World countries or then developed countries as we have come to know them lord over the rest of the lot through their seemingly greater money power that enables them to ride rough shod over their less fortunate brethren; look at the peace keeping agency dubbed as the United Nations Organisation which for years has been nothing more than the hand maiden of the two present super powers the US of A and China who blatantly misuse, twist and manipulate the same to suit their narrow sectarian, partisan and increasingly megalomaniacal ends.......
The very same money facilitates the closure of criminal and civil cases filed by you against law authorities and right thinking people, enables you to buy votes, influence electoral officials and guarantees your arrival on the political scene as a force to reckon with; facilitates the purchasing of high falutin and sounding educational degrees without ever appearing for the exams that the rest of the lot strive to excel in, smoothens the way for your entry into heaven or Nirvana as the case may be and in some cases also provides you with a certificate of atonement for your barbaric sins....
Money has indeed become the single biggest existing enemy of the notion of mankind or INSAANIYAT as perceived and propagated by any and every religious order and system; thereby raising the urgent need for some serious introspection on the part of humankind and a critical examination of what they have allowed themselves to become in this insatiable quest for material wealth and creature comforts......
Money is nothing more than a means to an end and cannot buy you unconditional love, fawning admiration of your true friends and well wishers, redemption for your sins in the eyes of the good lord, and last but not the least will certainly not open the gates of heaven for you come what may........
Creature comforts or then the sublime pleasures attached to being a loving, caring, sharing, warm, committed and GOOD human being; well the choice is yours, but I can certainly vouch for one thing and that is the fact that you certainly don't need money to be a good human being and make a difference no matter however insignificant.
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