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Materialism is the Root of All Evil

There is an old adage which says, "The root of all evil is money." This, however,
is not true in America. In America, money is not the problem, the love of money,
or materialism, is the problem. Materialism is at the core of our American dream.
We grow up learning that success is rooted in material wealth and power. We live
in a country where material things mean more to the general populous than a good
education, where material things dictate the amount of money we spend, and where
material things motivate our lives in most every way; something needs to change.
Realizing that we are corrupted by materialism is not difficult. What is
difficult, however, is finding a solution to the problem.

Habits recognizes the difficulty by saying, "And since we have believed in that
dream for a long time and worked very hard to make it come true, it is hard for
us to give it up, even though it contradicts another dream that we have— that of
living in a......

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