In a commodity consumer capitalist society we must all think of ourselves first and foremost. 'Our Life' is our great project. We must be forever measuring and weighing ourselves.
Poverty and unhappiness are seen as the consequences of having too little.
Whereas we all need enough, the real problem is not poverty. There are few people who are destitute in this land that sucks in the capital off the rest of the planet. Having acquired so much, the real problem lies in being unable to give enough.
Without somebody to give to, without somebody to serve, most people lack a purpose and fall back in inertia.
Mental distress can be caused in part from lack of being loved. But, mainly, distress is caused by a lack of giving, an inability to love somebody else.
Many people who own a pet will vouch for this. The need to care is a basic human instinct.
By taking over the roles of charity and family, the state (and its corporate off-shoots) deprive people of the fulfilment of that most basic of human desires, the desire to give.
Only through active love can a person feel a sense of purpose. Only through giving to they achieve a sense of their own worth.
People can work their way up the ladder of hierarchy, they may look down on others, they can console themselves with thrills and spills and brand new things, but with no one to give to, no one to love, they are isolated, lost, unnecessary.
With no one to give to, they simply consume more and more.
People turn into bloated toads, waiting to psychopathically explode.
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