Fabulous wealth is fine, if it's not steeped in crime

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Shahzad Sharjeel is a poet and analyst.
Shahzad Sharjeel is a poet and analyst.

Every day, newspapers are front-paging stupendous amounts of money, and properties ranging in size, types and value that aspiring candidates in the upcoming general elections own.

Resenting good fortune spawns negative attitudes such as considering all wealth as ill gotten, in the process stigmatising all endeavours aimed at the generation of wealth.

Wealth generated by the dint of hard work, talent and innovation, and investment of honestly earned money... must be appreciated. Fortunes are welcome, but they must not be steeped in crime.

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