Theres a big difference between living our lives and living in grotesque decadence because we didn't care or we were never given information.
A lot of the truth is obfuscated by omission. We see a pretty novelty and we definitely think we all deserve to live like Lords. Yet most people aren't spiritually capable of even keeping their bodies whole under the kind of dharmic flux like Alexander the really pretty was. Without a true mission and purpose all that power, and decadence is wasted.
I'm pretty sure the pretty and sexy rulers all understand the cost and work involved and put in that effort and require improvement. Like they are not all purely sharks. They wanted to improve things at a cost. I'm not even judging an individual or class here.
Though I do believe that the common man is unable and unknowing in this department. They cannot fathom. Their ignorance is bliss for some, but in the end the scale always balances. We all know someone suffering horrifically and very few of us simply don't care.
Information is absolutely king here in tipping that scale so that collectively we are more capable.
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