What is it with money?
Where and how does it possess the power of turning a vast majority of its
owners into beasts, overnight? When will the rich stop oppressing the poor, and
when will the poor stop kneeling before the rich, begging for assistance? When
will the rich start empowering the poor in order to make the world a better place?
Money! Money! Money! Why
have you chosen to make demigods of those whom you've favoured over the
unfortunate? The effect of this singular act of yours on the latter validates
the authenticity of the popular biblical axiom, "the love of money is the root
of all evil" as they are driven into ill practices just to have you at
their call.
I am always saddened and
disheartened anytime I see those whom you've favoured make mockery of those you
are yet to show compassion on, but my solace is on the fact that your powers
are limited, and the same message I want to pass across to those who have you
in their possessions.
The five fingers might
not be equal but that doesn't deprive them of their significance. They all
complement each other in order to make the hand achieve its functions.
Similarly, you might be richer than your neighbour but that does not make your
neighbour useless. At one point in time, you must need the service(s) of that
your poor neighbour to achieve a task. Celebrities are where they are today
because of their fans; the builder is able to build because of the bricklayer;
the magnificent building of the rich is roofed by the carpenter; we (the rich
inclusive) are all fed by the produce of the farmers; the doctors, engineers,
lawyers, bankers, etc are made by the teachers who receive peanuts as salaries
etc.
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Do you still doubt our
equality and significance in the society? Or do you feel because you are rich
you are more equal than the poor? Oh common! Don't misconstrue George Owen's
statement! If at all there is any animal that is more equal than the others, it
should be the MAKER and not the MADE. Your fans
made you; the bricklayer enables you to build, and your success (I mean genuine
success) in life is to an extent driven by those whom you now oppress.
However, if you are still
adamant, with the reasons listed and discussed below, you will agree with the fact that the rich and the poor are
equal in the society:
1. DEATH
It is no news that the
rich and the poor also die. This is because money does not guarantee long life.
Death is an inevitable being that closes the gap that existed between the rich
and poor in the society. No rich man is buried in the sky; both the rich and
the poor are buried six feet under the ground when they die.
2. EXCRETION
Both the rich and the
poor excrete, and one important thing I want you to note is that the substances
being excreted by these parties, smell. Excretion takes different forms: sweat,
urine, faeces, fart etc, and no matter their sources (whether from the rich or the
poor), they have unpleasant smell. Show me one rich man whose fart smells like
a deodorant and I will show you a mad man who is ashamed of being mad.
3. FATIGUE AND SLEEP
These factors also close
the gap between the rich and the poor in the society. After a long hectic day,
no matter your status in the society, you must get tired and consequently
retire to your bed to have some rest. While this is done, there is nothing like
societal status as there is no defined sleeping pattern for the rich and the
poor.
In sum, money is cool,
but intimidating others with it is evil! You that are poor, always strive to
succeed in order not to be at the mercy of the rich. If the society must be a
better place, the rich must learn to empower the poor and the poor must not relent
in their quest to succeed!