As long as my safety and the safety of everyone I know is threatened, I will throw (proverbial) stones at those who threaten that safety.
As for whether or not we can get these ‘luxuries’ no lets actually not use that term, because luxuries are relative and it sounds accusatory, without putting money at the center of our lives, it can be done, it is being done in social democracies where happiness is higher and the relevance of wealth is lower. Money doesn’t have to be the center of every effort in our lives, and the more that it isn’t, the more those of us who don’t have a ton of it can be happy.
As for wanting more: I’d like more, sure, you’d like more, but what exactly are you willing to do to get more? That’s the question.
