LUXURY OF PREDECESSORS BECOMES NECESSITY OF SUCCESSORS

“What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity” Anthony Crosland

1. Introduction

2. Transmutation of luxuries of predecessors as necessities of successors; a perennial process
a) Luxuries of primitive man are necessities of civilized man; food, cloth and shelter
b) Political luxuries of privileged few are fundamental necessities of common man; right to vote, to contest for a public office
c) Societal luxuries like security of life and property valued by predecessors are taken for granted as necessities
d) Technological luxuries; afforded by few in 20th century are personal possessions of everyone irrespective of economic and social class; phone,internet,tv,household products
e) Lifestyle luxuries of past generations ; recreation and entertainment are necessities of modern man

3. How luxury of one generation becomes necessity of the next; an insight into the process
a) Generation born with those “luxuries” takes them for granted
b) Demand and supply mechanism results in availability
c) Mass production of that luxury brings affordability
d) Changed social milieu perpetuate frequent use of those luxuries eventually translation them into necessities

4. Redefinition of luxuries and necessities; a hallmark of progress
a) It precludes complacency and hence intellectual stagnation
b) It manifests man’s inherent quest to get something better
c) Continuously striving suits human intellect

5. Today’s luxuries will become tomorrow’s necessities
“Luxury is a necessity that begins where necessity ends” Coco Chanel
6.conclusion