When I was younger, it was easier to make a decent living, raise a family, and afford the majority of life's necessities. People who could afford a university education found jobs before graduating, and those with skills could afford to start their own businesses and become very successful.
People are content with little to nothing, and it was simple to confide in someone, perhaps a family member or friend, who genuinely cared about your well-being. Nowadays, jobs are not enough. The pencil jobs have been completely taken by the referral method. Pencil jobs, which require wit and brain rather than brawn, are more lucrative.
There are no plans for people who lack the physical strength to perform the brawny jobs, such as myself. So you either go into private jobs where the goal is to make a profit at any cost, or you starve.
The economy has deteriorated to the point where only those who are comfortable can survive.
The majority of what is happening right now is motivated by greed.
Some people seek wealth at the expense of others, impoverishing them. It made me wonder if people were not as greedy back then, but then I realized that greed is a natural byproduct of human evolution. Back then, no one would consider creating a virus in order to develop a cure for financial reasons.
People like Bill Gates do it these days, as do companies like Pfizer. Some people are unconcerned about losing their soul in the pursuit of unimaginable wealth, and many people suffer as a result. The struggle varies by country, with third-world countries faring the worst. Although I will not go so far as to claim that advancement is the root cause of everything.
If I could choose an era to be born in, I would choose the twenty-first century. Maybe a cure for my condition would have been discovered, or perhaps my parents would have undergone genetic testing and avoided passing on that gene to me.
In reality, there is no ideal time to be a human being. Slavery, brutality, and bloodshed were prevalent during the Roman era, but democracy did not exist.
It used to be that you could inherit the title of a slave simply because you were born to a slave; however, this is no longer true.
So, regardless of our progress, I believe that increasing human capacity and mind comes with consequences and side effects.
I remember working at a job where the owner never showed empathy unless you showed visible signs of fainting. However, you have two options: continue working or starve. Even though they are aware that the economy is no longer sustainable, these people continue to pay as low as ever.
Nigeria, for example, is a place of opportunism; I would not call it a Nigerian thing, but rather a human thing. There are those who profit from the suffering of others, and you either join or sink. A lot of billionaires profit from the ignorance of others. For example, betting and alcohol companies are the most patented in Nigeria, and these alcohol companies sell products that are harmful to people's livers and kidneys, but they pay a few influencers to market it so that people drink and ruin their lives.
So, are you optimistic about life?
I will not respond because it is intended to be rhetorical. It is like asking if you still believe Hive will reach $6 in the upcoming bull run. There is no definitive answer to either of these questions, but for the sake of hope and the sentimentality that comes with human perseverance, we will eventually say yes. Yes, because we cannot completely give up on things or life.
Being bullish entails having faith even when things are not going well; sometimes hope is all we have, and it is the only thing we can cling to.
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