Now, it so happens that our culture–or lack of it, for our culture is in a state of flux and crisis–places a high value on materialism, and, by extension, greed. Our culture’s emphasis on greed is such that people have become immune to satisfaction. Having acquired one thing, they are immediately ready to desire the next thing that might suggest itself. Today, the object of desire is no longer satisfaction, but desire itself. . Neel Burton
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