The greed that fosters corruption can only be identified with the words; enough is never enough, not yesterday, today, tomorrow or forever. As unscrupulous corruption perpetrators progress or regress into their addiction in a dire need to derive sufficient gratification and feed their greed, they have totally continued to disregard the words of Mohandas Gandhi; ‘The earth provides enough resources for everybody’s need but not for everybody’s greed.’ It goes without saying that; you never get enough of what you don’t really need. With these corrupt individuals pursuing opulence, their overwhelming and insatiable passion isn’t about getting rich but richer and still richer. Without any doubt whatsoever, their vast greed isn’t a virtuous cycle but a markedly vicious one. ‘Much more’ is the keyword that denotes their total addiction to greed that triggers corruption. It’s very unfortunate that the ante of getting more than enough is always on the rise.
Of all the things one might be addicted to, nothing tops the greed-laden pursuit of riches through deprivation of public resources. In its audacity, greed is totally manipulative and gross insensitivity to the needs and feelings of others. Realistically speaking, materialistically pursuit of happiness fosters corruption which is a societal vice that’s gloomed and doomed to fail sooner than later citing that, it's a goal that can never be achieved not to mention its extreme, myopic, irresponsible covetousness. By default, vast acts of corruption have continued to permeate in our motherland with an extremely supersonic speed. Corruption is just but an immoral vice that have for decades continued to subject the dear lives of citizens to miserable livelihoods and subject them to great fear to appoint that they are unable to deplore it.
In general, greed of riches has everything to do with a feeling of opulence elation and also offers a kind of self-inoculation. What perpetual accumulation of illegitimate riches inoculates into the perpetrators of graft is the impostor syndrome which is the underlying and barely recognized feelings of guilt and shame which stems from a belief that deep down, they are not only failures in the society but also don’t deserve the already illegitimate accumulated riches. Greater and greater possessions are required to help them sustain their cherished illusion that they are vastly rich than others making it the most convenient narcissistic fix for whatever subterranean doubts they maybe tying to harbor about themselves.
Contagious corruption has for decade continued to disseminate in all government parastatals and other public entities like a bush fire. In a dire need to feed their greed, the masterminds of graft have a total negligence of conscience and humanity and are always willing to do whatever it takes to satisfy their narcissism. However, their mere
thoughts that promotes a weird idea that accumulation of material possessions will render them to a happy and peaceful lifestyle is just but a fallacy. Happiness and peace attainment can only be observed from a spiritual perspective. By spiritual perspective, I'm envisioning the ideal state as emanating from a variety of non-materialistic achievements. This would include establishment of social capital that adds personal value and supports place attachment leading to the development of mutually self-disclosing relationships filled with unconditional love, respect, self-identity, self-efficacy and self-acceptance. It’s extremely imperative to know that, a person’s well-being is unassailable through invariance social capital networks that aren’t susceptible to monetary variations.
The very moment you begin to experience contentment as a result of illegitimate acquired possessions rather than complacence thereof, neither possession accumulation nor fame and publicity are pivotal to your happiness. Although such a remarkable experience might times without number render you to a total peace of mind and self-driven satisfaction, it shall never ever rob you guilty conscience and impostor
phenomenon. The imaginary utopia is just but an ebullience of your thoughts and feelings that blocks the gloom and doom that may be happening externally.
Pursuing happiness through the acquisition of riches, through amassing more and more possessions is a fool's pursuit. For once such material appetite is aroused, at a certain point it becomes insatiable. When you substitute your humane with material possessions with a mentality of a life-term satisfaction, the pleasures and gratifications they yield are more or less fleeting. It’s extremely imperative to note that; no amount of
money can suffice. Out of the present day rampant greed, fortune seeking has become both obsessive and compulsive. When that critical line is crossed, the pursuit is no longer a means to some presumably fulfilling end, it is the end. This occurrence validates the biblical words of Paul to his adorable friend Timothy. ‘For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people craving money have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.’ 1st Timothy 6:10
Even thought corruption as an illegitimate pursuit of material possession has times without number been fruitful, the eccentric goons of this societal detrimental vice are more often left in the self-defeating position of hunting down that which can never ever
feed their vast greed. Like an unquenchable thirst, not the riches but the intemperate lust for riches can never be satisfied. Materialistically searching for happiness through accumulating possessions invariably cries out for more material possessions. ‘Nothing is enough for a man whom enough is too little.’ Epicurus
This incessant seeking for what can never be definitively achieved explains why myriad corrupt persons are extremely hostile, aggressive, merciless and inhumane in their ongoing relentless efforts to accrue more possessions. Addictively chasing immeasurable riches, a fortune going far beyond the dreams of avarice as though such a radical pursuit will miraculously absolve their selfish deeds, they end up being monomaniacal and overly inhumane.
The sooner we understand that money can neither buy happiness nor fulfill relationships and it certainly doesn't have the power to generate unconditional acceptance of self, the quicker we will set ourselves free from decades old societal detriment of corruption. The
decades old misconception that ties money with personal happiness is a biased ideology worth reprimand. Nonetheless, greed addicts are hardly focused on depleting or disbursing their fortune but on acquiring and maintaining it. Unconsciously, they link their fundamental human value to their financial worth. What drives their behavior is accumulating as much riches as possible and then using it to acquire still more riches. If your self-worth and happiness are measured against monetary currency, your self-worth
holds no difference with shares and stocks; it will always rise or fall in accordance with the success or failure of your present enterprise.
The perpetrators of corruption callous lifestyles does not only portray their inhumanity but is also a crystal-clear evidence that their greed triggered infinite pursuit of illegitimate riches is a debacle that can never ever bring them the perpetual happiness and peace of mind. Despite of their blithe disregard of their immorality, the society isn’t lost that their act of corruption leads to citizen’s destitution and subsequently stagnation of developments in the entire nation. To add salt into the injury, their profane utterances like; ”why hire a lawyer when you can buy a judge,” begs the question; is our judicial structure behind this capitalistic system which regrettably supports ceaseless avaricious ventures because not even one corrupt person has ever been indicted and incarcerated?
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