Death comes like a thief in the night. Man’s (and, yes, woman’s) quest for power – absolute power – is tempered by the fact that death, the greatest equalizer, comes to us all.
Sure, power and money provide some measure of security in life. Money can buy the best homes and other comforts. Money and power can get the best medical treatment to ease the suffering. Nothing, however, can spare anyone from death, and with due respect to any belief system that thinks otherwise, no one can enjoy money upon his or her death.
There’s nothing wrong with being rich, or aspiring for more or to be one. That’s a freedom nobody can’t, or should, curtail.
There’s nothing wrong with amassing wealth to last until the next five or so generations — even without the next generation working for it. There’s nothing wrong with that, although it’s certainly unfair for some who toil each day, not to feed the next generations, but to feed the family in the next meal. It’s an unfortunate fact of life that not everyone may live in paradise.
Imagine having millions — billions, even. Imagine receiving more for every public contract. Imagine there’s nothing wrong with it. Now, imagine a 12-year old girl who recently committed suicide due to poverty.
That poor little girl died without money. The rich will die leaving behind his money. Death comes to us all. It’s just a matter of time.
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What a load of blithering garbage this post is !!!! (Death comes to us all) If only he’d have gone to school and listened (?)