Why are people in this world so material?
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Because we are constantly bombarded with messages that we NEED this that and the other new thing or we are incomplete as human beings and not worthy of anyone's love.
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Because some people don't actually believe in material culture. Money is the root of all evil. When you have less, you are more happy.
175852
Hmmm u have 2 questions in one...\n\nIn this materialistic world, I feel its this Love and Unity that is still keeping us from becoming savages.\n\nMusic is supposed to be a gift of god to a few. It seems, when you write/play/sing a music which touches the soul of another person, then you have "created" something with the touch of His hand...
467477
Because we are human. It is in our nature to destroy as we create. Accept it. There is nothing you can do.
240823
It's all about ones self image. The ones who want to rule the world it is because of their ego. The ones who live and let live are content with themselves.
664678
I suppose it's because people in our world today base their respect on money. The more you have it, the more superior you are... It's awful, really. Even if they're poor, they still go buy expensive things which they can't really afford, just so they could brag about something.
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People are people. Sometimes that means they need to convince themselves there's a reason they were lucky, or that they had some sort of aid to keep them going, or even that all the terrible things that happened in the 'hard times' happened for a reason ("they must have, the world couldn't be that cruel"). People have been using gods or stories about them to explain everything from the weather to lines of succession probably since before recorded history, it's not really surprising some people still need this sort of reinforcement now.
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Because people compartmentalize their lives. I do the God thing here, I act this way around those friends, I do these things around others. That's the way a lot of people are. Chameleon's  :)
54998
Most cultures seem to be attracted to what is rare. It is a recent thing in modern civilization to have so many full-figured and even obese people. It also implies status. Busy people don't have time to work out and have great bodies. Wealthier people can afford gyms, trainers, and have enough leisure time to do sports activities. So, thin=wealthy, and thin=beautiful.
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true wealthy people seek value within, eliminating the need for material posessions.  Poverty is a state of mind.  You can live richly in the most extreme conditions
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because they use different material than each other
34702
You're getting into some pretty deep issues here. \n\nFirst off, people who need to justify and affirm their own value need to lower the value of others by doing what you're talking about.  This gets into some pretty deep biology and psychology.  Since humans are social animals there is always a social heirarchy.  When someone is at the bottom or middle and wants to move up, this is one of the ways they can feel a little movement.  Immature people will also do this in retaliation to an attack on them by another immature person.  It just turns out to be a self licking ice cream cone.  \n\nI used to think that I had to respond to everything in my honor.  Now, by letting things roll off my back and exercising my personal boundaries, I live a life with a lot less stress or anxiety.  Life is great!
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because we are humans.
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i think a lot of people who want to be totally present cannot be because we are humans that way.  we strive for it, of course, but nobody would could be completely that.  even the greatest, most intuned people has to think about the past and the futrue.
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Material things are nice but not everything.Nobodys life is perfect.You could give them a couple of reasons why it isn't or just tell them to back off.
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I used to get the same thing from people and so does my son.  Human beings have the ability to adapt (some more than others, true).  And we all have different abilities.  BUT, we live in a society (mine is Western) that is VERY narrow.  Cultural ideas of what is good, acceptable, beautiful are all very rigid.  Look at the way almost all clothing models look anorexic.  We are also expected to "MAKE" something of ourselves, have ambition, etc.  But we can be both skilled and valued without making anything of ourselves.\nLike my son and I, I suspect that you are more intelligent and have the capacity for more talent than this rigid world can find a use for. FORTUNATELY for the human race, there are lots of good hearted people who can see our potentials beyond the narrow slots our culture tries to stick us in.\nMaybe their positiveness feels painful if you are in a negative place.  Try not to resent them, even if their vision for your life is not your True Path in life.  Just try to believe that there is more to you than meets the eye (your eye?).  Good luck.
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Some people want to rule the World because, There is a deep unconscious divide between Exceptance & Unexceptance. ome people want to achieve more thatn other people because there is not just satisfaction but, a great need to want to be better & more reliable to other people. Some of these people are actually positive people that have positive agenda's. There is nothing wrong w/wanting to rule in who's or whatever world they choose but, the reall World has never been ruled just by One Individuall.The rest of the people that remain content have already looked into those posibilities but know that just being content is a whole lot to ask for anyway's. If there were more Millionaries in the World than Poor people, then I guess that means that there would not be a need for Poor People. I'm Poor but, I'd rather be content then because there is a whole lot more to do in this World than rule it.