A cultural value indicative of 21st Century societies, especially amongst First World societies.
Self-empowerment promotes the individual'
s pleasures and comforts as the ultimate goal to life or 'key' to
happiness, encouraging behavior that satisfies one'
s ego and bodily pleasures.
Ironically, in the long-term, this mentality is counterintuitive, as it creates a society of narcissism, self-indulgence and self-glorification.