Very few pursue money at the expense of all other values. Such a pursuit is ethically classified as greed a deadly vice that sours the life of its addicts. If we take an inventory of the times in our lives when we were either happiest or most miserable, we will generally discover that they do not always coincide with our bank accounts. One can be happy while poor and unhappy while prosperous. The possession of large amounts of money, which Karl Marx a parasite on Engels considered the most important element of life, is not enough.
Life is larger than our possessions.
At the turn of the 20th century, family life dominated America and most of the world as it had for many centuries. Parents and grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and children of cousins were linked into common associations and a common heritage. Many millions of families, however, are today scattered. The governments and trends of this century have cut families apart in the name of communism and socialism and technology. Only parts of families remain.