Want

The word want is something shrouded in a bit of confusion. Once upon a time it's literal definition was a means to explain the things a person desired, without particularly needing. For instance, someone would "want" freedom. People would want coffee. It didn't mean they needed it to keep living, but rather that it would enhance their life in a more self-centered way.


While this is a great preface. It has changed in our time. No longer does wanting something contest a being "wants" it... Wanting something is now synonymous with needing. Is it due to the fact we actually *need* these things? Fuck no.

It's more or less that we now live so heavily based on these subtle desires to improve our lives we become dependent on them. If your life doesn't improve, if those marginal wants aren't met most people fall into a rapid descent into depression. It's a system that's created all sort of weird disorders we can't pronounce and tons of medications we don't really 'need'.

Want is just the next generations need.