So what’s it all about? The materialistic world says you need to consume more goods, take more holidays, and seek more entertainment. But psychologists and psychotherapists report that when their clients devote themselves to these things they somehow find them unfulfilling and that a great deal of spiritual need is buried in the inner lives of these individuals. So we have to ask where this comes from, when literally all of life, other than human life rejects this proposition for the most part.

Now, put aside all the rationalizations and arguments about pursuing and attaining wealth, e.g.: how you can help others when you have the resources to do so (are you really seeking wealth so that you can help others first and foremost, really?) … or, the ideal of the freedom to live a you like when you have enough wealth (how much is “enough” and are you truly free when you are obsessed, even in part, by hoarding and managing your wealth?). There are other rationalizations and arguments, but we want to consider the point about the installation of the belief that wealth has the inherent ability to create deep, profound satisfaction … when all the evidence seems to point to another reality. The answer is more complicated than blaming either “cancel culture” or “ageism,” or whatever reason they placed in my personnel file when I lost that job in 2009, and it has now progressed into all corners of American society today.

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