Materialism is what people thrive to live for, but is life more about this particular form of happiness?

Answer 1

No one knows what life is for...
Everyone is looking for something to give their life meaning (Science, religion, family, travel... money... you name it) and still we are left wanting.
Some people are lucky and find that their pursuit offers meaning to them and they will stick by it at all cost. - right or wrong.
Happiness will be the hardest thing that any of us will set out to find and most of us won't find it.
Ironically, materialism is the LEAST SUCCESSFUL WAY of achieving happiness and we in the West have embraced it above all other pursuits so much so that our society actually relies on it to function.
Greed is the fertiliser on which today's democracy grows.

Answer 2

Materialism is what people HAVE BEEN CONDITIONED to thrive/strive for.

So if you can break your social conditioning and programming...then absolutely 100% yes.

The freedom it brings is unexplainable but I cant press it enough on people who want, at the very least, more contentment in life. Happiness is too much of a rigged word.

Answer 3

No not to me my form of living a happy life is sharing with some very special .

Answer 4

Materialism is endemic in North American society.Both parents work, so their kids can have game boys and Nike shoes. We don`t value connectedness and love. Money is what makes North Americans happy..

Answer 5

Well,...it obviously is (right or wrong) for the majority of society or we would'nt have an economy that's fueled, thrives, and operates, solely, by the manufacture and sales of consumer products would we?

Answer 6

you try to be happy sharing a one-bedroom with your in-laws and eating ramen 6 days a week (Sundays are BurgerKing, yay!)