money breeds
power hoards
suffering grows
The chain repeats as if scripted by fate or nature, yet nothing about it is inevitable. Money brings power. Power brings inequality. Inequality brings suffering. Wealth pools upward like gravity in reverse, and the gap between lives becomes a horrific chasm.
We cap speed limits to prevent crashes—why not cap wealth accumulation to prevent needless human suffering? The question isn't about individual achievement, but about whether any achievement justifies systemic exploitation and deprivation.
- How much wealth is enough for a meaningful and fulfilling life?
- What would change if we treated excessive wealth like the global health crisis it actually is?
- When did we decide that infinite accumulation was a human right?
Every empire built on limitless extraction eventually devours itself—and the current one is no different.
When wealth has no limit, human life has no value.
— Dean Bowman
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