What you actually pay for something is at least twice the listed price because of the energy， time， money needed to set it up， learn， maintain， repair， and dispose of at the end. Not all prices appear on labels. Actual costs are 2x listed prices.

Liberal democracy may constitute the "end point of mankind's ideological evolution" and the "final form of human government," and as such constituted the "end of history."

For those born with a purpose, nothing is insignificant.