When people get what they want that is called succeeding, even if it is not worth having. There is an illusion of permanence. The idol may make you feel it will be there forever. But all idols are temporary. The idol makes you think you are winning when you are losing.
Idols create the illusion of happiness that is misery and fullness that is emptiness.
Those who worship idols, those who create them will always think themselves pretty slick. That is the depravity of the idolater, that he becomes a fool while he professes to be wise. Idols are still being created in our day. A recent magazine article says we all may be worshipping at the shrine of technology. But if men glorify God as God then the proper response will be made.