Are Americans becoming too materialistic and greedy?

Question

Even the headlines are showing how greedy people are. Billionaires hording all the money while people are struggling paycheck to paycheck. The only reason there's inflation is so that the rich people can buy everything that the poor people cannot. It's like that episode on South Park where Eric Cartman bought a roller coaster park with his million dollars but wanted it all for himself. It's the end of the world, I can just feel it. No compassion left and too many warmongerers and moneygrubbers. It's a sad world indeed. Where are we, as humans, headed? Some people would say straight to hell. I almost believe that.

Wow, there are 2 examples of uncompassionate people... timetraveler and Alexandra M. I pity those two.

Answer 1

Yes!

Answer 2

Why might you anticipate somebody else to spend time working not undemanding so which you're growing to be to be a loose living house, wellbeing care or coaching. there'll continuously be a small proportion of voters that could desire to be cared for and we could continuously try this. yet every physique waiting to artwork could be offering for themselves. Why might you prefer to do away with every physique's outstanding to make their own way. You disrespect them by using assuming they don't seem to be able to offering for themselves. it somewhat is an elitist view of the international. every time you're making a assertion like 'Why are human beings grasping?" you have lumped an entire u . s . right into a pretend generalization. human beings are the main giving and beneficiant u . s . on the earth. Who do you think of would be sending the main money, aspects and persons to Haiti to help them recuperate. u . s . of america will. the government will additionally deliver money, yet human beings will deliver their own money and set up efforts to deliver help.

Answer 3

Forget Americans. Is the whole world becoming too materialistic and greedy? Unfortunately, I believe yes, but while there are people like yourself who realise this and reject the materialistic in favour of the spiritual there is always hope.

Answer 4

Americans have ALWAYS been greedy. Recall the days of when the european protestants arrived on this soil with almost, if not, nothing. Land and natural resources were of abundance - plantations were extremely large and so were the slaves populating these plantations.

Answer 5

You should read Mark Twain's essay called "The Lowest Animal." I think you would like it. In fact I have a copy saved on my computer, maybe I could post it somewhere, if you want. It's a little long, which is why I don't want to post it on here.

Answer 6

It's not just the Americans, whole world is.
Eventually it's much more easier to dream about iphone than changing the world

Answer 7

were giving up our on planet for greed, ruining our world, killing the animals, it horrible the greed.I wish for a virus to kill off these human parasites me included.as i am apart of it to.
and like Jesus said only a few will make it, all that call on my name will not be saved ,only those who do my fathers will, will make it to heaven so your right many will go to somewhere other then heaven, will it be hell?because if a person had the spirit of God in them guiding them they would not be so greedy and would care about his world and its creatures, us encluded.Peace

Answer 8

Yes, and we always have been.

Thankfully, we're a self-critical people so we call attention to our own faults in an effort to rectify them.

Answer 9

No almost about it!
Most people don't understand that there is a high price to pay for narcissism.

Answer 10

Becoming...?? We always were and will be. It's a consumer culture. I hate it. Nothing spiritual and humanistic in America.