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Is Your Life Worth the Same as Mine?
The unspoken truth.
Today I read this beautiful lie, “Our lives have as much value as any other.”
We are not worth the same.
Nor do we cost the same.
Nor is our value constant over time.
A healthy person produces goods and services. And that has a rising value.
A sick or dependent person. It costs money, time, and resources. So it has a cost associated with it.
The point is that all people will live in both worlds. No one knows how long it will take to go from being a healthy person to a dependent. But what is certain is that if you live long enough, you will end up in the second group. And that is why there is a social contract.
The point of any society is to provide its members with essentially three things,
- Security.
- Quality of life.
- And resources to be able to survive.
Without these three things, society lacks sense and becomes a failed state.
If you do not feel safe where you live, you have to flee to another place.
If you can’t have a certain quality of life, you will suffer, and who wants to be a slave in the 21st century?
