Incomprehensible Abundance linked on Editorials

“…a society that has just risen above the hand-to-mouth of no-extra-capital needs the essentials. It is only those who are rich who want the cute little thing that’s completely uneeded but makes you feel happy. They’re the only ones willing to pay for it.

“If you’ve ever bought something because you heard about it and you thought ‘oh, that’s cool’ or because you were browsing booths at a county fair (or a science fiction con) and found…. a cute box, or a pretty necklace, much more expensive than something that would fulfill the same function but mass produced? And you bought it? Congratulations. You’re as rich as Lords and Ladies in the regency.

“If you make a living of your crafts, your bespoke clothing, your writing, your non-essential good that enhances people’s lives?

“Congratulations. No matter if that life isn’t the thing that an Earl’s son would be happy with but just ‘average’ middle class living? Congratulations. You live in the richest society the world has ever seen. And this is why you’re allowed to ‘follow your passion’ or whatever it is, and do your thing and sell it for enough to live off of.” We live in an age of miracles built on a foundation of reason and faith, and there are those who wish to throw them all away because miracles frighten and confuse them.