The Selfless miser

A book I am currently reading talks about how selfless a miser is. This may sound strange but do continue to read on to find out.

A miser is classified as selfless simply because of the miserly way of life. The miser choose to lead a spartan life even if he could afford otherwise. However his spartan life has unexpectedly benefit the rest of the world. Yes, you and me and everyone else out there. The miser's insistence to consume the resources at the bare minimal has in turn allocated the rest of us more resources at our disposal. By choosing to eat less, buy less and take less, we are able to eat more, buy more and take more. Its effectively a supply and demand theory, the miser lowers the demand and resources which in turn increased the supply we can have.

In fact the miser is so selfless that a philanthropist pales in comparison. A philanthropist's charitable act would benefit few at the most, the orphans at the orphanage receiving the donation or the needy in need of some subsidies to get by. The miser on the other hand benefits every single one of us out there, including the orphans and needy. By simply consuming less, demand decreases and so does the price that goes along with it.

The moral of the story: The true philanthropist is the miser!