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ventilation. It is but natural that when necessities are fulfilled a man tries to lead a comfortable life. The comfortable life requires more means and money than the requirement of the stage of necessity. So the man desirous to inter into comfortable life makes effort to earn much money for which he marches on the path of dishonesty. Every where he tries to take more than his proper share. He cheats others. He collects much money by befooling others so that he may have a pleasant and comfortable life. Thus, by loosing the social and moral values he comes in the clutch of violence.
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iii) Luxury Luxury is the third stage of human life. The luxurious life is led only by wealthy persons who use costly things and those things which are not used by common people. They enjoy delicious dishes not ordinary food and costly garments. They live in the buildings which are highly decorated and full of various luxurious items. They travel by cars and planes. They have several servants to their services. The rich persons, in order to enjoy their own luxurious life lives, spoil the lives of many other persons. They not only exploit poor people but also treat with them very badly. The black marketing and smuggling are done generally by those rich persons who lead luxurious life. Thus luxurious consumption is based on injurious activities.
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Now it may be concluded that violence is seen at all stages of consumption but in different ways. At the stage of necessity violence is done by society when it does not provide necessary items to different individuals suffering from hunger and illness. But at the stages of comfort and luxury violences are committed through unsocial and unethical activities by those persons who want to enjoy comfortable 'and luxurious lives.
Distribution
In a country all necessary commodities are produced in different companies and factories, for pleasant and proper human life of the people living in it. They are expected to be distributed justly, among all natives of the nation. The distribution done honestly helps the nation in maintaining a pleasant social life in it. But in the case of
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