When does it cross the line into materialism?
When the focus is on the "stuff"?
Why is enjoying stuff, such as a big television, or a beautiful house, car, or piece of jewelry, bad? ... If that dream motivates him to work hard, good for him -- and for society.
Agreed!
At the same time, I did not say it crosses the line into materialism when one
enjoys stuff or when one is
motivated to work hard to earn stuff. But simply "when the
focus is on stuff". I then took the time to define
focus as meant in this context:
When we lose sight of each other as persons, and only see the pile of stuff, net worth, circumstances, or title of an individual. When there is greed, when there is envy; These are two sides of the same coin. When the prevailing attitude is that the amount of stuff implies superiority. Merriam-Webster offers these definitions - a way of thinking that gives too much importance to material possessions rather than to spiritual or intellectual things. a preoccupation with or stress upon material rather than intellectual or spiritual things.
