Why society will never receive complete assurance
It is because the government has its limits Even Hecatonchires* wouldn't have enough hands to catch all those who fall. It is because our society is polyphonic – The best sound is achieved when all parts are played together, But leaving out one part would not make much difference anyway. It is because our colleague just went through a reskilling programme like everyone else And if we skip it We might earn a full hundred dollars less. It is because ah gong and ah ma have little strength left for a voice How do we hear their murmurs over the loudest, who clamour for More, more, more? It is because it is no longer just 5C’s, but 6 instead – Cash, Car, Credit card, Condominium, Country club membership And everyone knows that Competition kills Community. It is because we may get the wrong impression that our society is impossible to change, and (God forbid) Stop striving for a better future, and choose to call it Contentment. *Hecatonchires were figures in an archaic stage of Greek mythology, three giants of incredible strength and ferocity that surpassed that of all Titans whom they helped overthrow. They were three creatures baring hundreds of arms and fifty heads.