Mankind, through agriculture, animal domestication, and improved architecture, casts about to sweeten the process of living, striving for higher standards of material comfort as manufacture and industry augment mortal life's pleasure content. [1] Slavery raised masters’ standards of living, allowing for more leisure in social culture. [2]
High import duties are enforced to safeguard the continent's high standard of living through tariffs, set by the industrial court and ratified by the legislative bodies representing labor and capital. [3] When standards of living become too complicated or luxurious, they are speedily suicidal. [4]