Which brings me to another thought.... About how life is like the Free Market. It seems like good times always come to pass. I've often asked myself why is that?
Well I've eventually came to the realization (after consulting Libertarian thoughts on the subject). That life is somewhat like a free-market. That when something good is found, it can only be exploited for so long before it becomes over-saturated.
Take early to mid-90's rap music for example. After a couple decades of growth rap music finally hit a climax. Artists, labels, and those covering the culture were generating great profits, having a great time, and supplying millions of fans with quality art/music. This lasted for some time but eventually the market caught up. Soon rappers less artistic than the pioneers would come along and follow the same formula. They would water down the art form. Likewise, petty and less emotionally invested fans wanted to join in on the fun and take part in a culture while in it's climax. They began to water down the consumer market. Slowly, what was once a good thing became over-saturated, and you now have the outgrowth of that in what we see today in rap music. Where 2pac now becomes the ugly outgrowth of Lil Wayne; and Lauryn Hill has been discarded for Niki Minaj.
But this theory of exploitation and then over-saturation holds true in many avenues of life. Imagine the lover who finds his gem. Who's found a partner that others overlooked. Treats them so great and they share a great love. Soon others see what a good thing they have going. Competitors enter the market, and the two engaged in the relationship suddenly realize they have many options outside the relationship. Soon their relationship can be threatened and broken apart.
...and so on in many aspects of social life and economics.
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