Social status, wealth and material possession have turned into the indicators to judge someone in the society these days while traditions, good quality and honour are no longer valued, though they are the de facto to judge a person. I agree that modern world has a completely different set of criteria for assessing or honouring a member of the society, though they are not the real elements to define a person.
Earlier, societies had some specific indicators to judge a man or woman. Among the judging indicators, they preferred qualities like honesty, kindness, trusts, honour etc. But with the change of time, such pointers have vanished. Unluckily the present society prefers social status or riches to judge anyone. A real-life experience may make it simpler. Recently, I closely observed a local election in a distant part of India. Among the two candidates – one of them came from a high profile background while the other one was a shabby man who merely had his own permanent living space in the locality. The majority of the people supported the first individual. They took him granted as a gentleman as he is enriched with material possessions. On the contrary, only a few people supported the poor guy. He was unable to spend bucks for the election but was competing on some moral grounds. He dreamt of changing the society. Unluckily he was defeated by the wealthy candidate. The rich man did not allow his opposition to be an obstacle to his success.
This triumph and defeat made me realise that material possessions are the key to judging as important in society. When people have enough riches to spend, they can buy social status and supports. But unfortunately, when someone comes up with humanitarian features, social elites term them as old-fashioned. They are ignored.
Therefore, I think such ideas should be changed. We should appreciate the humane features than social status and material possessions. Otherwise, the consequences will be detrimental. When the social status will be the indicator to judge oneself, I believe that would be too humiliating and may lead to massive social disorder.
Social
status
, wealth and
material
possession
have turned into the
indicators
to
judge
someone in the
society
these days while traditions,
good
quality and
honour
are no longer valued, though they are the de facto to
judge
a person. I
agree
that modern world has a completely
different
set of criteria for assessing or
honouring
a member of the
society
, though they are not the real elements to define a person.
Earlier,
societies
had
some
specific
indicators
to
judge
a
man
or woman. Among the judging
indicators
, they preferred qualities like honesty, kindness, trusts,
honour
etc.
But
with the
change
of time, such pointers have vanished.
Unluckily
the present
society
prefers
social
status
or riches to
judge
anyone. A real-life experience may
make
it simpler. Recently, I
closely
observed a local election in a distant part of India. Among the two candidates
–
one of them came from a high profile background while the other one was a shabby
man
who
merely
had his
own
permanent living space in the locality. The majority of the
people
supported the
first
individual. They took him granted as a gentleman as he
is enriched
with
material
possessions
.
On the contrary
,
only
a few
people
supported the poor guy. He was unable to spend bucks for the election
but
was competing on
some
moral grounds. He dreamt of changing the
society
.
Unluckily
he
was defeated
by the wealthy candidate. The rich
man
did not
allow
his opposition to be an obstacle to his success.
This triumph and defeat made me
realise
that
material
possessions
are the key to judging as
important
in
society
. When
people
have
enough
riches to spend, they can
buy
social
status
and supports.
But
unfortunately, when someone
comes
up with humanitarian features,
social
elites term them as
old
-fashioned. They are
ignored
.
Therefore
, I
think
such
ideas
should be
changed
. We should appreciate the humane features than
social
status
and
material
possessions
.
Otherwise
, the consequences will be detrimental. When the
social
status
will be the
indicator
to
judge
oneself, I believe that would be too humiliating and may lead to massive
social
disorder.