Social Barcode

Everything has a price tag. A one, big supermarket of all sorts. From your daily necessities to your occasional desires. Lined up in an array according to classification. Everything, perhaps, everyone has a price tag.

The very stigma that cripples our society nowadays. Isn't it a fact that we label ourselves according to class? Depending on material belongings, societal positions, even physical attributes. Yes, we put price tags in our very selves. We may not be aware of it, but we are victims of society's stratification.

We tend to bind ourselves with the pleasure of achieving more over our neighbors. Of having more instead of less. Of being better. All in the prospect of show- off. Bragging in the context of uplifting our social status. Defining the worth and value that we should gain.

We focus ourselves in material belongings. A hefty bank account, a prized car, signature clothing etc., etc. The world seems to revolve around these things. Things typifying grandeur, wealth, and utmost arrogance.

Achieving or attaining something more than ordinary is no mean feat. We all agree to this. But achieving more, is not at all a free pass to boasting. We are disillusioned by the fact that money is everything. That having money is coherent with a higher stature in the community. Being wealthy means power.

It is common that most in power now are on the elite circle of our country. Yes, they were aided by their riches but have we ask ourselves if they had become what they are now, because of money alone?

We dismiss the thought that money can never take the place of values. Of morality. of dignified principles. That the slightest action we take, the littlest words we speak would exemplify our own being.

We struggle to get past the unreasonable dung of human nature. That is, putting price tags in reference of what we have (materially). But tags, are merely labels. Not enough to catapult someone at a higher ranking. Insufficent to dictate a person's worth.We are born equal.Thence, we all should be living equal(ly).