Ill-gotten wealth requires no wise spending!
My point is, ukiondoa Status Anxiety na Poverty Anxiety utotoni, ukubwani huwezi kusumbuka na haya mambo hata kufikia kuiba.
Sasa mimi nishapanda ma Intercooler Turbo na ma Range Rover tangu shule ya msingi, nimeona uzuri na ubaya wake si kuyaona kwenye picha tu. Range Rover la Vogue 4.0 la nyumbani liliharibika tukahangaika sana mpaka Nairobi kulitengeneza kwa sababu Tanzania hakukuwa na mafundi. Siwezi kushobokea haya magari leo.
Zaidi, kabla sijafikia miaka 18 nilishasoma kitabu cha business cha baba yangu kilichoandikwa na Harvey B. Mackay
"Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive: Outsell, Outmanage, Outmotivate, and Outnegotiate Your Competition" kilichonifundisha kuwa ujanja si kununua magari ya kifahari (ambayo yanashuka thamani kwa kasi sana na yana gharama kubwa za matengenezo), bali, ujanja ni kununua real estate ambayo inapanda thamani tu.
So, mtu aliyejua mambo haya tangu awali na kupata nafasi hizi, hawezi kuwa na ulimbukeni huu wa conspicuous consumption, especially kama ni mtu aliye katika nafasi za serikali.
This is anxiety crying out, Status Anxiety, Poverty Anxiety.