The principles of the free-market have worked quite well for most of the Western world. Trading on stock exchanges, allowing people to do business, buying and selling, becoming wealthy, acquiring comforts and security – these are all benefits of the free trade most westerners are accustomed to.
Getting use to something and then losing appreciation for it is also a reality amongst most people. People will travel overseas to visit the museum in your city you have never visited, others will appreciate the beautiful sunsets from the hill of your village where you seldom take the time to go. Yes, it’s true, we get use to things, many things and then we don’t utilise and appreciate its wonders, opportunities and beauty anymore.
I think I am quite accurate in saying that most people are not utilising the free-market system they live in daily. In Africa we have primarily two different mind-sets. The one tend to be more “seasonal-natural”, the other more “colonial”.
