The lesson from Persian Rugs
By zevi770 · November 1, 2013
I thing Persians are stark raving mad
Downstairs, there is a store in which Persian rugs are sold – they range from about R20,000 to R200,000 and that’s second hand!
Why would anyone in their right mind, buy a rug that you can get, which may be far more comfortable, even prettier, for easily, say somewhere between R100 to R10,000
Ah’ what do I know about Persian rugs – do I know that each one takes say a year to make – it is hand-crafted?!
And here is the bitter truth.
Two societies exist – those with self-esteem and those without
In America, people aren’t into Persian rugs, in general they aren’t into these objects, that their only value is that someone had to work a year to make it!
Why?
The answer is shockingly sadly simple – those societies in which self-esteem, is deficient; do anything to improve their self-esteem, and the best (or shall we say easiest) way to feel better, is to step on someone else