Materialism in our culture
Anwar El-Sadat put it best, when he said "Most people seek after what they do not possess and are thus enslaved by the very things they want to acquire". Our society is one which puts much value on material possessions. We see examples of this daily, people driving around in expensive cars, wearing expensive clothing, apparently to because they feel such things are a display of status. They make the mistake of believing wealth is synonymous with status. Our status in society is not governed by what we have, but who we are, and what we do.
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