The Evils Of Materialism In Our Society
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The desire to get rich quick,greed, insatiable love for materialism power tussle and social malaise have almost caught up with everyone in the society. As usually said, "the love of money is the root of all evils". Men and women,young and old have new dimension of corrupt indulgence on daily basis.
The main causes of corrupt pratices are greed and insatiable love for materialism.Everyone citizen want to own a ride, exotic cars at all cost.Every citizen want to own as many houses as possible.Nowadays, it is very coomon to hear people boast of having many degrees, designer shoes,dresses and bags that are now in vogue. These endless desires lead to different forms of moral decadence in our society. Corrupt pratices are further fuelled by power-hungry politican and military personnel who spend huge sum of money to acquire political power such money are gotten either by embezzlement of public funds or any other fraudulent means. Another cause of this social malaise is traceable to societal value system in which diligence, honesty, honour and intergrity are no longer accorded the respect the desrve. Material fortune speaks louder than such virtues these days. Who doesn''t know the high rate of corruption in offices and public places?. Bribery and corruption have eaten deep into the marrow of our society. The practice is now intergrated into the normal way of life and is regarded as "fastness". The 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 ill, all hands must be on deck. There must be total overhauling from those at the top.Our leader must learn to lead by examples, it is not enough for them to condemn corruption on the pages of newspaer and not show good example. Secondly if we have the fear of God, honesty, hardwork and love for our country, we shall suceed. In addition, law enforcement agents must sit up against bribery and corruption. Above all, we must all discipline ourselves to live within our means and not allow the frency to be rich to overwhelm us.
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