THE EVILS OF MATERIALISM IN OUR SOCIETY

The desire to get rich quick, greed, insatiable love for materialism, power tussle and social malaise have almost caught up with everybody in the society. That is to say the love for money is the root of all evils. Man and woman, young and old have new dimension of corrupt indulgence on daily basis.

The main causes of corrupt practices are greed and insatiable love for materialism. Everybody wants to own and ride exotic cars of all cost. Every citizen wants to own as many houses as possible. These endless desires lead to different forms of moral decadence in our society. Bribery and corruption have eaten deep into the marrow of our society, who doesn’t the high rate of corruption on offices and public places? The dimension and language attached to it are SETTLEMENT; SEE ME and EGUNJE which are popularly used. The practise is now integrated into the normal way of life and is regarded as FASTNESS. This evil of materialism brought about the fast declining state of our economy and limited opportunity for the poor masses.

However, to alleviate the problem of social hills all hands must be on deck. There most be total overhauling from those at the top i.e. the leader must learn to lead by example. Secondly if we have the fear of God, honesty, hardwork and the love our society we shall succeed. Above all, we must all discipline ourselves to live within our means and not to allow the frenzy to be rich to overwhelm us. – Wakeup (jan.2009)