We live in an increasingly materialistic world. Our society is at the worst of most vices, if not all. No longer do we feel shocked when people are subject to abuse and violence. Nor do we care if people make money out of the suffering of others. No, we think it is normal because this is the true state of our world.
The idea of "having it all" is a materialistic one. It is the modern belief that a successful person is someone who has:
- love (whether married, de facto, heterosexual or homosexual);
- family;
- friends
- career; and
- influence.
Influence may be either money, fame or power. From the modernist perspective, a person who is successful at the career is one who has not only money, but fame and power as well. Love, family and friends are also status symbols. Only a person with a stable family and good friends are worthy of being loved. People with no family and friends are dismissed as unlovable and lacking of social relationships.
I will be exploring each of these five areas in the next posts.
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