Many see at the root of most of the present social ills the tendency to try to use material prosperity to solve what are really inner troubles. Some social commentators speak of a general mood of pessimism and discontent.
يعتقد كثيرون ان ما يسبب معظم الآفات الاجتماعية الحالية هو الميل الى استخدام الازدهار المادي في حلّ المشاكل النفسية .‏