Sorry for the late reply......
Your post expresses the need for balance that inspired this board.
The Great experiment that is self rule!
The idea that humans can rule themselves is the Democratic experiment.
Capital gain and personal fortune has been the driver and the major influence of the human condition.
In itself, that isn't a bad thing.
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Mathematically, there will always be 1%.
Weather it be the financially prominent or the dregs of society.
What is important (in my understanding) is the motion of time.
Time, the progression of change, is a factor in every dimension.
That is; the advancement of the human condition must adhere to the motion of time.
Our place in this world, our space in time as a place in our universe must advance as the best and least expand their understanding.
We're all inter related and tied to our galaxy....our universe.
We are a success when we all can grow.
True growth takes generations,
millenniums pass and the ebbs and flows of human culture are subject to our planetary and galactic evolution.
Our simple economy is subject to the wealth of the most destitute.
One can be wealthy simply because there is poverty.
True success is measured within the distance between my ears.