Sure, I agree that a person who spends his time trying to do good things for society is generally praiseworthy. I praise people who do good things all the time

Sure, I agree that a person who spends his time trying to do good things for society is generally praiseworthy. I praise people who do good things all the time. But there's a massive difference between (a) praising someone and (b) having society revere per. If we should revere anyone, it's certainly not the person whose great achievement was to spend lots more money than the next person.