Wealth's Hungry Ghost
Wealth beyond utility reveals civilisation's fundamental contradiction. When accumulation transcends necessity, freedom becomes captivity—the hoarder locked in perpetual hunger. The billionaire, unable to spend their fortune in a hundred lifetimes, defends with religious fervour their right to amass more, while others champion a dream they'll never attain. This isn't economic rationality but collective madness; not ambition but addiction. Like a game played past enjoyment, extreme wealth acquisition continues not because it brings satisfaction but because stopping feels like failure. Society's wisest path may be to celebrate those who win at prosperity, then gracefully reset the board, recognising that true liberation includes freedom from insatiable want.