When you’re born with a silver spoon, it comes with some exotic soups you get to taste. Power, privilege, and prestige are just the low-tier ones. The true delicacy is getting applause for something as abundant in the world as it is in you, yet that exact thing becomes an unattainable crown to all but you. That’s where the pristinely silver spoon reflects its light. An odd choice—when concerning the ordinary—would be outstanding if embodied by the affluent. But this is the principle of life; inheritance doesn’t just bring material to acquire; it brings all the points scored by the life lived before you. Positive, negative, or just average—it becomes your problem then.
In This Party, Silence Is the Dress Code
The Pakistani upper class, however, has their silver spoons beam in all their glory and summon for them a matchless weapon—unquestionable supremacy. In society, their life sets the standard, and their word becomes the law. Though there is one prerequisite: appear as quiet and reserved as you can. And the way Pakistani upper-class men submit to this, you’ll think of it like some sort of battery; this demeanour as if it charges up their rank in society. As one begins to question how something as unreasonable as this could bring about such a societal grip, the big stacks of cash easily muffle the noise.
Money Talks, So You Don’t Have To
Fortune buys them the leverage of always being the cool kids; silence uses this leverage. An uninterested face and distant attitude are the doctor’s prescription for more points per life, and the rich live by it. Money talks, so you don’t. There’s no need to—the big bucks are heavy enough to make their presence feel commanding and add weight to the sparsely let-out words already. In any other scenario, it would straight up be ill manners or asocial behaviour if you had zero participation in discussions or acted unapproachable, but for those up, it’s an attitude. Phones in hands and calls on repeat—they can never be too busy. You can only imagine getting a phrase or two from them, and if miraculously that does end up happening, congratulations—you’re among the 1% replied to by the top 1%.
They Pass Their Silence to the World When They Speak
As empty as the silence is, it adds as much worth to the next unsaid and anticipated sentence. Who wouldn’t want to listen to the heir of a business tycoon? And when he doesn’t speak much, you’ll obey the orders like it’s your last chance at life. It’s no less than a blessing if one gets to witness the blue moon when they speak. When they express their opinion, that’s the end of the debate—unless somebody wants to argue against their colossal wealth. Even if you become one of the darers, the further unreadability sent your way with unwavering faith in their towering wealth won’t let you last long. But you may be left with a membership in their fan club that just stands below and admires—that’s all a wealth-struck person is left capable of.
The Charged Up Are In Charge
In a capitalistic society like Pakistan, the small demographic of the well-off is not to be messed with. They are the key to cracking almost everything in this country. You have to agree with them even when you don’t and show servitude even when you dislike them. What they hold is unparalleled; what they do then becomes perfect. In Pakistan, people look up to them like how people look at the American Dream—because only in your dreams could you live like them. Although a dream only begins when reality halts, which is why its significance feels unreal.
Real Men Don’t Talk—They Signal
This mysterious yet honourable robe grows thicker with the realisation of their identity. The idea of permitting people to have access to you creates an illusion of strength, which becomes very realistic if one possesses the silver spoon. Men, especially in Pakistan, are validated by power. Their existence has to yield one thing, and that’s power. If silence can add any more to it, it adds to their masculinity. Their manliness is affirmed, and there’s no reason left to quit being quiet.
