"Some may marvel at tech tycoon's wealth, but his ideology of 'making' money at the expense of real human value makes us all poorer"
"Growing up, once children learn to recognise themselves in the mirror, they begin to ask themselves some important questions."
"The answers to these questions will go on to form their sense of self, their worldview, their dreams and their ambitions."
Veneration of a tech tycoon's wealth masks an ideology that prioritizes profit over human dignity and erodes communal wellbeing. That ideology treats monetary accumulation as the primary measure of worth, reducing complex social, moral, and emotional goods to transactional value. Children, upon recognizing themselves, begin to ask fundamental questions about identity, purpose, and belonging. Answers to those early questions shape self-concept, worldview, aspirations, and ambitions. A culture that elevates wealth above human value distorts those formative answers, fostering priorities oriented to accumulation rather than empathy, creativity, or collective flourishing, and ultimately impoverishes society and individual lives.
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