The aspiration to become rich by exploiting others is a sort of mental malady. In fact, if the eternal hunger of the human soul does not find the real path leading to mental and spiritual wealth, it becomes engaged in the work of depriving others of their rights; it robs them of their material resources. If any member of a family seizes food from a store by application of mental or physical force, he certainly become the cause of misery to the others. Similar is the case when a capitalist says,”We have seized wealth by intelligence and laobr. If others have metnal and physical potentialities they may also do it. Who objects to it?” They do not want to realize that the volume of commodities is limited whereas requirements are common to all. In most spheres, abundance for one indivuidual takes the bread out of the mouths of others. It is a mental ailment not to understand this common necessity.
But the people afflicted with this malady are also members of this vast human family and consequently, they are our brothers and siters. Therefore, they will have to be cured of this disease through humanitarian appeals or pressure of circumstances. It will be a great crime even to think of their destruction.
(Problem of the day, 7)
