All well and good if your lifestyle stays the same... But what if it keeps getting worse?

Some people want the whole pie, some people want a certain sized slice and some people want nothing.

Some will fight to the death trying to get the whole pie.

Some will fight to the death trying to get or keep their slice.

Those who want nothing have nothing to fight for and over time will lose everything to those who want things and who will fight to get what they want.

I'm definitely in the middle camp. I don't want much but if I couldn't get that, my existence would not be worthwhile. There would be nothing to live for except revenge perhaps.

Even in stories about a poor fisherman who is content with his life; he still owns a boat, a net, a shack, has a wife, a couple of kids maybe. Even the poor fisherman is a hypocrite if he says he needs nothing.

The poor fisherman is richer than me in a material way because he was able to get everything he needed fullfilled for a low cost which he could afford... Probably the exact same things as I need but I can't get those same things for that low cost because my place in the world is different. I am literally forbidden by laws, regulations and moral obligations and commitments to obtain those same basic things and those basic rights which the poor fisherman has.

Rich people look at a happy poor fisherman and think "He is happy because he doesn't need material things."

I look at a happy poor fisherman and I think "He is happy because he can afford every material thing that is required for a happy moderate life in his society." And I can't afford the same.