But saying it is easy, doing it is hard.
Holding immense wealth in your hands, wouldn't you rather enjoy it yourself? Every day dressed in luxurious clothes, with beautiful wives and concubines, eating, drinking, playing, indulging in pleasure, living a life of happiness!
Why serve others?
This faction of the Joyous High Priest advocates giving up a portion of one's own enjoyment to instead share happiness with others.
That costs money.
Street artists can entertain others by just exerting a bit of effort, but the Joyful Envoys above need to spread activities according to this doctrine, which means spending money on celebration rituals that must also benefit others.
Money, when spent on oneself, is considered well-spent.
Not a waste at all.
Yet, spending it on others, for instance, those plebeians, to make them happy — it's like spending on the wrong end of the knife.
