For your consideration:

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8. It's all circular. Power and attention get you money. Money gets you power and attention. Attention gets ...

They all artificially substitute for gratitude and happiness.
That's the big lie of our western/capitalist culture. (1)
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In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.
Tony Montana.


(1) Money, Sex, War, Karma, by David Loy
About this book:
https://westernchanfellowship.org/dharma/library/article/money-sex-war-karma-notes-for-a-buddhist-revolution-david-r-loy/

David Loy offers free chapter 1 (pdf)
https://www.davidloy.org/downloads/Loy-Money_Sex_War_Karma_Ch1.pdf

And web search will find you the entire book ... no links given here.