Humans have always had a preoccupation with their status. In capitalistic you do this largely through the accumulation and display of material wealth. This is p

Humans have always had a preoccupation with their status. In capitalistic you do this largely through the accumulation and display of material wealth. This is pathological. If you look a poor or pre-capitalist societies, the only way people can accumulate status is by being useful, and by being a good guy.