The Loss for Gain

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The pursuit of material gain had preoccupied the human mind since the emergence of industry. It diverted man away from the real source of satisfaction and the true meaning of contentment. It blurred his mind on matters of real importance and genuine values. It had robbed him of the time for independent thoughts beyond what the mass media and his corporate masters had led him to think. Gain has become his purpose, the rationale for his existence and the end which he wishes to reach at all cost. But there is no omega in the pursuit of material gain. It will always be beyond grasp, like time it moves constantly and farther, like space it changes to become wider, and like the sun  it shines even brighter to lure him to exert more, to sacrifice more and to want more. It was instilled in his spirit that material gain is the key to happiness, and to persist towards its acquisition is a worthy purpose. It has become a habit and obsession and therefore, not necessarily in his nature as many made him believed, rather it was learned through a subtle and continues process of indoctrination, being a growing witness to customary practices and values, formed and nailed to all of his senses by generations of before. What men had surrendered for material gain is incalculable, and most of the time is incomprehensible. The quest for material gain had changed the perception on life’s true meaning. It altered the very foundation of society. The rush for gain and wealth had injured and destroyed the basic institution of a nation - the Family.

Thanks to commerce and industry, want was transformed into need. The new era of corporate slavery had perpetrated itself overtly and not unlawfully. Families were drawn away from families. Parents were parents, but in fact they never were. Family moment was constricted, sequestered and compensated. The extended hours of work and distant separation weakens moral and spirit, ultimately solace and comfort were found with those who are among them and they cohabit with each other. Children have wrong role models. The young are emotionally weak, confused, shocked, and are unprepared to face the rigors and trauma of real life. Their vulnerability and fear forces them to seek company and not surprisingly, they always land on the wrong ones since guidance was in absentia during their yearning years. They learn in error that the chase for material gain is more valuable than parental care and presence, and there it goes, that vicious cycle that goes on... and on... and on.

Yes and sadly, we are in, and heading towards decay…of the basic social structure that make up a nation. Sooner or later the decay of that foundation will be to the nation’s demise, all for the love of gain.

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