Social Dissolution Through Economics and the Search for Solutions

The impact of material conditions on human life is indisputable. It is evident that livelihood, working conditions, dietary regimes, and material circumstances significantly influence the formation of morality, temperament, and character. In societies where economic conditions are broken, commercial life is unmeasured, production is unbalanced, consumption is haphazard, and income distribution is unjust—where profit-generating resources are not shared equally or fairly, and where quality and aesthetics are absent—a sound moral life cannot exist. Integrity in economic activities ensures a righteous moral life; if the economic order is not established correctly, the fate of the weak and helpless is to be crushed.

It is clear that social life and the environment (milieu) corrupt the individual and destroy human virtues, especially where the population increases and corruptive cultural activities intensify. A human first feels a need, then acquires it, then gravitates toward comfort. Later, through peers and advertisements, they adorn themselves with all kinds of materials presented to them. Subsequently, they plunge into prosperity and extravagance, beginning to spend thoughtlessly and eventually losing their purpose in life.

When economic affairs take a turn for the worse, the process reverses. Individuals who have grown accustomed to easy money and irresponsible spending begin to complain. This process ultimately creates an idle (useless) social class that cares only for itself and its stomach. As their income decreases, members of this class lose their way and continue their lives by incurring debt. Eventually, as the debt burden increases, the resulting pressure causes them to lose their ability to think clearly and perceive reality correctly.

This class poses a serious threat to the future of the country and society because, regardless of what they are given, they have become idle and insatiable in thought and lifestyle. This inertia and insatiability accelerate the collapse of a society. They fail to see any breakthrough, development, or benefit achieved in the country; they do not consider being constructive or producing ideas because they have become addicted to consumption and live within a debt spiral. A class has been formed that is accustomed to ease, addicted to consumption, and seeks money without working. They only criticize and demand limitlessly.

What needs to be done here is to create the necessary infrastructure to reintegrate this idle segment into the economy and help them become useful individuals again. By providing them with experience-based work in economic and social fields, we must ensure they both earn an income and stop viewing themselves as idle or useless.

It is not the reformers and administrators who create societies and their order; rather, it is societies that give birth to reformers and their ideas. If those same societies are not at the desired level of consciousness, they will blindly oppose innovations and regulations. In such cases, these attempted reforms cannot go beyond being failed initiatives.