I totally agree with what you said about greed...hence why many western countries are in so much debt and general population is unhappy and suffering.
We're conditioned to consume, consume, consume, work, work, work...but, like you said? What about enjoying life?
It's not about having LOTS of money!
as long as people fail to understand that life itself is of a metaphysical nature, they will continue to fall for the short lived and enslaving materialism. I blog a lot about it
Interesting! I'll check it out!
That is one of the biggest side effects of a capitalist world. So many products and services that you start to think you are supposed to be using them. Of course to use (consume) them, you need the money and so the rat race begins.
Indeed. And unfortunately many people don't realise this and every time a new iPhone or whatever is released, they clamber over one another to get it, even though the older moderl they already have is perfectly fine!