There was a moment of silence and then the speaker took a 100 dollar bill in one hand and in the other, a lighter; before the astonished look of those present, he began to burn it, and when the fire had completely devoured it, he asked: what did you feel when you saw what happened? Some answered: frustration, desperation, anger, ...
That is exactly what a consumer experiences when he does not have enough to buy the object of his attachment, and in most cases, he does not even need it; he simply does it to enter the competition of the one who has more, and if it is expensive, all the more reason to get into debt, to appear, even if his budget is very limited.
1 Timothy 6:6-10 NKJV
6 Now godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
1 John 2:15-17 NKJV
15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. 17 And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
Ephesians 6:6 NKJV
6 not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,