Why does it cost like hell to live in this world?

Answer 1

Well, once apon a time in a faraway land there was a great sage named Foresooth. Foresooths followers all lived in great harmony, they fished, farmed, sewed and wove and spent their days in a state of calm contentment.
One day however, the mighty Sorcerer Breakayaass came to the valley they called home. He swept into the village square, demounted his mighty stead and roared "Hear me thou little midget men" the villagers, struck by his commanding voice, ran to listen to Breakayaass speak. "I am the Mighty Breakayaass" he exclaimed "I have come to bring apon you the curse of capitalism".
The villagers were all in a flutter "capitalism?" they asked "what is that" they cried. Before they had a chance to think however, Breakayaass continued. "No longer will you spend your days fishing, sowing and dancing merrily". A great gasp rose from the crowd. "From this day forward, you will CONSUME!". "You will spend your days working like dogs to achive matirial enlightenment" Breakayaass said with a smile, nay, a grimace "Which you will never realize, MUAHAHAHAHAHA".
And so, on that fateful day, Breakayaass changed their lives forever. Never satisfied with what they had, they always quested for more, better, bigger, faster things, and inevitably died as sad, bitter old men and women.
Our old sage Foresooth, try though he may, could not convince his bretheren to return to their simpler, happier ways. "Hippy" they screamed "Slacker" they taunted, and pelted him with canapes.
This, my dear freind, is why it costs so much to live in this world. If you wish to change, you should seek out our old sage Foresooth. He can be found on the fringes, in the shadows, sulking around the edges, of our society.