A birthday rant
Once I heard a comment by somebody who was a native from Suriname and had settled down in the Netherlands. He was wondering about a situation that appeared paradoxical to him. On the one hand there were the Dutch people who were not suffering from any shortage, who to his perception were rich, and yet they were unhappy. On the other hand there were the people from his native Suriname who lacked a lot of things and yet they were smiling a lot.
I keep on wondering at the way of the prevalent economic system and asking myself the question if it is designed to fulfill needs or to create needs one would not have without it. Is happiness its aim or is it rather unhappiness and envy resulting in avarice?
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