Critical Lense Essay: Possesions and Selfish Desires = NO FREEDOM

There are two tragedies in life. One is having everything you want the other is having nothing. So what will you decide? I would rather have nothing. Because, you are not free until you let go of your possessions and desires. The poor possess less and desire more while the rich posses more and desire even more. Who do you think is freer? The poor person is.

I. The Poor

As we know the people with less money have less material possessions. If you look at that from societies stand point that is not good thing to see. It is considered bad and the meaning of less is more is slowly being let go of. When you look at a poor person having less material possessions in a new perspective you will see that it is not too bad. A poor person needs to only work to keep and maintain a few possessions. So now the poor have a distinct advantage over any class because, they do not have much to lose.

However, society keeps us ignorant to this condition because, we see wherever we look the economic ideology of capitalism and material success are bombarded to us by advertisements these ads are everywhere, magazines, Television, Radio, Buses, Driving By and in Major Cities!

People want what they see but they do not see the true meaning of what they want. "I really like that car I want it because, my cousin has that car and I want it to." That's a copy-cat and your simply indulging in that act of being envious. How is that going to help you? People see but do not perceive and in reality it should be what is inside that matters not what is outside.

If a poor person desires more it depends solely on the environment and his morals. A poor man may desire more money to use for his own selfishness but, he can't get much more money because, he works long hours as he is already! What will he do? "More Money + Desire + Unable to get more legally = Crime!" With crime comes bad decisions and better judgment overcame by desires. Thus the poor person had the desire for more and got the person in an even deeper hole. The desire for more will always do that to you.