The TAO is easy, yet people prefer other paths. Be aware when things are out of balance. Stay centered within the TAO. When rich spectators prosper, while farmers lose their land, the fields become weedy, and granaries empty. When government officials spend money on weapons instead of cures, when the upper class is extravagant and irresponsible, while the poor have nowhere to turn, all this is robbery and chaos. It is not keeping with the TAO.