Wondering whether or not the extremely high income of some people is reasonable is not something I am motivated to do because I am envious. Considering my circumstances, my income is not bad at all, and basically I am really content. Once in a while, I need to repress the fear of the future as it arises, but afterwards I feel absolutely terrific.
What I fear is a polarization of society. In our prospering environment, too, I discover how the small portions of happiness no longer seem to be worth anything. The idols are immensely rich and immensely beautiful. “Accumulating wealth without work” becomes the general ideal.
Expectations are high. It starts as early as in your teens. For students at school and university, owning a car and living in a flat by themselves goes as much without saying as routine sex without having to fear consequences. I ask myself what life is supposed to have in store for someone who has achieved everything at the age of 18.
On the other hand, I am afraid life will change considerably for the majority of people living in this country. The standard of living will probably be drastically reduced for many. Slogans like “wealth for everybody” as propagated during the last Federal Election Campaign by the Leftist Party will not make a difference, either.
Glamour and wealth of the stars may then have another meaning. They might create illusions for a world that can never come, or else generate the concept of the enemy in a new class struggle. I do not believe that an extremely high discrepancy in incomes is beneficial for our social development.
Not to mention the problem that a considerable part of humans on this planet suffer (or die from) starvation and thirst. I admire both the extremely rich who donate a considerable part of their incomes to humanitarian or social courses and those people who work on an honorary basis with a high commitment.
RMD
(Translated by EG)
P.S.
See also Linkmen I and Linkmen II
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