"worship of money is what has made America prosperous" Ah, so it's a religion and prayer works? It's got nothing to do with US being the only industrial power

"worship of money is what has made America prosperous" Ah, so it's a religion and prayer works? It's got nothing to do with US being the only industrial power that wasn't obliterated in WW2 and had debt that took untill 2006 to pay off, like UK did? Or with US being center of global finance, having global reserve currency, etc? Okay lets take your argument at face value - what's the money for, to lead a better life, right? Look at life expectancy, crime rates, 'satisfaction', is US leading the world? Could it be that a succesfull society needs something in addition to a 'money religion'?