Abantu benshi batekereza ko ubucuruzi ari inzira yihuse yo kugera ku bukire. Icyakora, iyo dusesenguye byimbitse, dusanga ko kuba umukire bitarangwa gusa no gutunga amafaranga menshi, ahubwo bijyana n’uburyo umuntu agira umunezero, agaciro k’ubuzima, n’imibereho myiza.
Hari abafilosofi n’abahanga b’ibitekerezo bemeza ko ubukire nyakuri butava mu gushaka inyungu z’amafaranga gusa, ahubwo bushingiye ku mibanire myiza n’ubuzima bwiza bw’umutima.
Umufilosofi w’Umugereki, Aristotle, yagaragaje ko umunezero nyakuri (eudaimonia) udaterwa n’ibintu by’amafaranga cyangwa ibintu bifatika, ahubwo uba mu kubaho ubuzima bufite intego n’uburyo buhuye n’indangagaciro nziza.
Yavuze ko umuntu ashobora kuba umukire mu byo atunze, ariko niba nta munezero afite, atabasha kubaho mu kuri kw’ubuzima bwe, ubukire bwe ntacyo bumumariye.
Mu buryo bwo kubigereranya, umuntu ufite amafaranga menshi yaturwa n’ibibazo n’igitutu cy’ubucuruzi, agata amahoro y’umutima.
Immanuel Kant, undi mufilosofi w’Umudage, yagaragaje ko indangagaciro z’umuntu zirusha agaciro amafaranga cyangwa ibintu by’ubutunzi.
Yakanguriye abantu gukora ibikorwa bifitiye abandi akamaro aho guhora bashaka inyungu zabo bwite. Mu bijyanye n’ubucuruzi, ibi bivuze ko gushaka gukira ku nyungu z’ubucuruzi bidatanga umunezero nyawo, kuko bitavuguruza amahame y’ubuntu n’ubupfura bigira agaciro gahoraho.
Hari kandi Henry David Thoreau, umwanditsi n’umufilosofi w’Umunyamerika, wagize ati: “Umuntu ni umukire mu rugero aho abasha guhagarika kwishimira ibintu bifatika.” Thoreau yasobanuraga ko ubukire butavuze kugira ibintu byinshi, ahubwo bushingiye ku kumva ukennye ku bintu biciriritse, ubasha kubaho neza no kumva umunezero.
Ubucuruzi bukabije bushobora guha umuntu umutungo w’amafaranga, ariko bushobora no kumukuraho umwanya wo kwishimira iby’ingenzi mu buzima.
Kandi, mu mateka y’abahanga, dusanga abantu benshi bari bafite ubutunzi bw’amafaranga ariko bakabaho mu gahinda n’umubabaro bitewe no kutabona igihe cyo kwita ku miryango yabo cyangwa gushaka amahoro y’umutima.
Uretse ibyo, ubushakashatsi bwerekana ko amafaranga menshi afite aho agarukira mu gutanga ibyishimo: nyuma yo guhaza iby’ibanze nk’icumbi, ibiryo, n’ubuvuzi, amafaranga y’inyongera ntacyo yongera ku munezero.
Mu bindi bice by’ubuzima, ubukire bushobora no guteza ingaruka mbi ku muntu no ku muryango. Nk’urugero, abantu benshi bajya mu bucuruzi bakarangira bagize imyitwarire mibi n’ibibazo by’ihungabana kubera guhangayikishwa no gushaka inyungu.
Aha ni ho umuntu yakwibaza: Ese ubukire bufatika ari bwo bukenewe, cyangwa umuntu akwiriye kwita ku bw’umutima?
Nubwo ubucuruzi ari ngombwa mu buzima bwo kubona ibikenewe, ntibivuze ko ari bwo butanga ubukire bwuzuye. Umuntu akwiye guharanira kugera ku bukire bwuzuye burimo amahoro y’umutima, imibanire myiza, n’ubuzima bwuzuye, aho kugira ngo yiharire inyungu z’ubucuruzi gusa.
