Closer to home, the discussion of the Jones's new SUV sitting in the driveway two houses down is an item of envy. The latest toys are purchased for the kids, while parents plan vacations and wonder about finding babysitters while they're away.
People also dig themselves deeper into credit card debt, while ignoring the future consequences.
Such things as above dominate the thoughts and actions of many Americans these days. Curiously also, though there's no mention of God in the actions of so many, people will nominally claim to be following God. Sadly, many in the American church have bought into this notion that their worldly success is proof they're doing well by God's eyes. Jesus spoke of such a condition, in his parable on the four soils, or types of believers. But since they have no root, they last only a short time.