Opinion based on CFP Perspectives lecture: Fall of Public City, A Talk by Hussain Indorewala. 
But if the system is exhausting, why do people still want to climb up the ladder? I think the answer to this lies in the concept of ‘trickle down economics’, which was explained to me in school using a simple, common analogy. “Imagine pouring wine on top of a pyramid of glasses. The wine, or in this case, money (fruits of labour) will trickle down the economy and eventually ‘fill the glasses’ of the bottom tear. Now, who wouldn’t want to be towards the top of a system like this in order to receive the benefits early?” I’ve come to the realisation that the glass on top is never full. It takes a whole generation and privilege to climb up the ladder and inch a step closer to that glass. I always wonder what the people holding the wine bottle want? Is a glass not enough to live a decent life? Why is it that their greed grows and grows and capitalism only wants more.