Maybe those material objects are also ways both kings then, and poor people now medicate themselves. Think of how it was to be a part of royalty - there's a lo

Maybe those material objects are also ways both kings then, and poor people now medicate themselves. Think of how it was to be a part of royalty - there's a lot of isolation involved. Humans need social interaction. When we can't get it, sometimes we fill our lives with stuff that owns us. That doesn't work, so we try drugs. Perhaps it's more like, we're not fighting the root cause of the problem: we're all lonely and scared. No amount of money, or social status, or stuff is going to help us how to learn to love, and be loved. It's just going to make others envy us and envy isn't love.