Basic human needs such as breathing, sleeping, sex, eating and drinking have been replaced by the elemental requirement of a bit of electricity. And we don’t care where it comes from – solar, wind, coal or nuclear.
The first change that you’ll notice on the adjusted hierarchy of needs of the average South African citizen while Eskom sorts out its internal disputes is that self-actualisation has been removed as an achievable goal. The reason for this is quite simply that personal growth of any type is perhaps the last thing we need during Stage 6 rolling blackouts.The rest of the adjustments are:
As for Maslow’s need to feel loved, this is replaced by the need to drive to a coffee shop with electricity and an internet connection to send and receive emails. To fulfil this need, you will require a tank full of petrol and enough mobile data to check which coffee shops in your province still have power.
The need for friendship, family and sexual intimacy make way for the need for longer-burning candles and a plus-size box of Lion safety matches. You might also need to revisit your plans for leaving the country and reacquaint yourself with what’s needed to emigrate successfully. You will need to check your rage and make peace with the fact that there is absolutely nothing you can do .
Finally, we’ve reached the anticlimax. At the very base of this tuneless triangle lies a singular need. What were known as the physiological needs – breathing, sex, water, sleep and food – are replaced by a need so elementary it hardly belongs on a hierarchy, less so on one thought up by a psychologist. It’s a need, you could say, that falls in the category of Not Too Much To Ask.
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