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We don’t live in a world which allows any free space for slavery. There are no more dominators who would have people as their property. Gone are the days of masters and owners. We, today, live in a world that encompasses two mindsets, both of which are equally important for the existence of advancement and the civilization. We have the kings and the kingmakers. They are fixed frames of minds – points of view or perceptions - they confer space for satisfying dreams.

“All humans are equal” and this is a myth. When every person has a perception of his own place in this world, indifferent to the world that allows him that perception, unscathed by the status this world gives him, and unwilling to accept anything less the world helps him with, and when he– in some way or the other – thinks himself as superior or inferior to some other people he meets, how can he be equal? Though equality can be preached to every child, it can’t be accepted with honesty by the person who preaches it. He may not call himself superior, but always has people he thinks high of. He makes himself inferior if not superior. So is equality of humans not a myth? Think about it.

The category or class of a person depends on what he thinks about himself, the size of the dreams he visualizes, the importance he gives to theses dreams, and the price he pays to live up to his dreams. A dream gives the position to his class. His class gives him a level of perception. The world distinguishes him as a king or a kingmaker.

A man dreams to build a 110 storey tower. The size gives him a class. He works for his dream. He gets people employed. The architects, the engineers, the electricians, the plumbers, the craftsmen, the masons, the laborers, the blue-collared workers – they all work. Bit by bit, piece by piece – thousands of hands and hundreds of heads - they all work days and nights for the construction.

These people have their dreams; these dreams have brought them here to this place. The architect dreams of becoming a famous designer, the engineer dreams of the proprietorship of a fantastic construction firm, the electrician and plumber dream of some big contracts with large pay packets, the craftsman dreams of a piece of work that would guarantee him a continuous source of income, the mason dreams of a decent living for his family, the laborer and the blue-collared worker dream of an average life to see them through.

All these people, with dreams of several sizes, work. They work for their dreams. All these men – small, big – they all work for their dreams and in turn they are all just a small part of a very big dream – the 110 storey office tower. They work to fulfill a big dream of a big man. Their dreams are a small part of a very big man’s dream.

Are these men inferior because they couldn’t have a bigger purpose in their lives? Does the lesser size of their dream make them small? Are these men small in status and class? No they are not. They are the kings. The man with the bigger dream is the kingmaker. And they both are equally important – to each other and to the whole of the world. A kingmaker cannot exist without a king and a king cannot exist without a kingmaker. Though both these people are of equal importance, they still are not equal. No two people can ever be equal.

The world’s best tennis player is adored and honored with high respects and regards. He is the one who has worked all through and reached this point of success – his talent is praised. He doesn’t mind it as long as it is his talent. He makes a lot of money. He is a millionaire. From where does he get his money? His talent mints the buck? Gold coins are showered when he wins? No, the sponsors give him money – for winning a game, for sporting their name on his jersey, for endorsing their product, for performing some drama in some entertaining advert. Or he gets his money from the match fee. But we know which source makes a bigger difference.

Will this man ever dream of becoming a tennis star if there were no sponsors who would make him a multi-millionaire?  Would he ever want to play in front of huge crowds if he were to get nothing but fame? Would there be any games if there were no sponsors and no people to watch them? Would he just play for his country’s honor? Would he play tennis only because he likes to play tennis? Then why does he want to play in an arena that is flooded with money? Can he not play just because he likes to play? Why does he take money for playing if he plays to fulfill his liking?

Consider the car brand Mercedes. Why are it’s productions so expensive? The better answer is the name that comes with the cars – Mercedes. And the name has become powerful because the kingmakers have used the kings to make it popular and heavy.

There is always money involved. And the money comes from kingmakers. They make these tennis stars. They make them multi-millionaires. And what do they get in return? They become multi-billionaires. The million-dollar dream of a tennis player fulfills the billion-dollar dream of the sponsor. The king is made because of a kingmaker and the king exists to make the kingmaker!

They both are perfectly right - in every way that could be explained. It’s just the matter of what these people want from their personal lives. One wanted to make the other play and give him money so that he could make more money, and the other wanted to play and take the money. Both dreams are pleased and both are happy – both are called successful. But the kingmaker sacrifices fame. Maybe is not a sacrifice, it’s the way he wants to lead his life; and it’s compensated by the bigger bank accounts he has in comparison to the king.

Things exist because these two exit. In a way it can be said that the one who has a bigger bream becomes a kingmaker and those with comparatively smaller dreams become kings. Kings dream but they work for the dream of the kingmaker. And the kingmaker needs these smaller dreams to turn his big dream in form of a reality. Both are good and necessary. Both are ethical.

But sometimes there is a bad side to the whole game. When small dreamers fail to be ethical with their conscience, they become a prey to the kingmakers. The king makers capitalize of the low-rated mindsets of these small kings. For example, the fashion industry. Let us have a closer look at it and understand why billions are involved in this kind of market.

Man always wanted to have an upper hand over women. He wanted to prove himself more powerful. He wanted to rule over them, their minds, and not just minds – more than that – their bodies. He wanted to see women with lesser clothes. For two reasons – to degrade their dignity, and to fulfill his unsavory and execrable desire of watching at a woman’s body. What did he do? He created a competition out of it. He produced a market where clothes that were supposed to be dirty – clothes that defy chastity – were termed as classy, modern and wonderful. A woman wearing the most ‘daring’ clothing is termed as courageous, new and independent. Man created a competition that began to reward – money – to women who were more of the above kinds.

What did women do? They saw this as being given liberty and independence. They found fame, money and men by succumbing to this market. It is said that every person lives by selling something. No doubt what women started selling. Let us not talk the obvious!

Who made more money? These women and young girls or the multinational brands? Of course the kingmakers. The kings were happy too. Everything’s so obvious.

Every part of life engages this deal – between the king and the king maker. It is supposed to be that way. It takes two to carry out a dream – no doubt who dreams it – the king and the king maker. One is recognized with fame and the other with power. Money is everywhere.

It’s purely a matter of personal choice that we chose to be kings or kingmakers. We barely direct the way we drift into. It is solely deemed by the outlook we have and the dreams we can see. Though it may shape our life in different ways, the purpose is same – the fulfillment of the decisive dream.

Some people just hallucinate. They don’t accomplish. But it is enough that that they are dreaming and letting others know the promises of life. Without these big dreamers there would be no civilization. Though these dreamers may leave the world without seeing the substance part of the finality, others who would fulfill them would be the winners. So, these dreamers initiate success. But they are always those exceptions who dream big and also put things in real forms.

We are a part of this game. Some are players and some are pawns. There are no players if there are no pawns and vice versa. One player dies, the other comes up. The same is with the pawns. Things move on and people too. Only one thing remains static – reality. The reality though varies on the insights people have and the dreams they dream. People being different, never means they are wrong – they are simply different. We, in this the human race are all about just the two differences - kinds – the king and the kingmaker.

© 2006 Zubair