I think it's because the U.S. culture teaches us that more is always calling for more. Credit cards have made it far too easy to accumulate more of what you do not own.
Our parents taught us not to spend all of our allowance in one place.
In my opinion, people aren't satisfied with what they have because society weighs in on what's "acceptable" in materialistic things. The need to constantly out-do the 'joneses' is always on the minds of individuals. Whether or not people were raised to be thankful for what they have and understand the worth of a hard-earned dollar, or were raised in an environment where things were constantly handed to them-advancement is always something people look for. It's all basically a mode of competition-realized or not.
Everyone wants better. As you improve your salary or knowledge it only feeds you to have more and more. In the case with money the more you have the more you spend. It is almost never the case the more you have the more your save. People will always want what they cannot have which leads to not being satisfied with what they do have.
If you are insinuating it is wrong, I am afraid it is not correct. If everybody is satisfied with what they have then there will not be any progress.
Improvement in society has happened because of the man's insatiable quest for search - always seeking better things and always seeking improvement.
People are not satisfied with what they have because of the economical principle that wants are insatiable that means that wants can not ever be satisfied. That is why when there is a choice between a want or a need it is best to select the latter.
by Christopher Wanamaker 13 years ago
Why do people believe that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence?It seems that a lot of people are never satisfied with what they have.
by ialexis 12 years ago
Why do humans are not satisfied?What are the factors that affects satisfaction?
by Seckin Esen 12 years ago
Do you agree that people are never satisfied with what they have? Why do they always want more?
by ChristineVianello 14 years ago
I feel so blessed in the life that I have, but why do I still complain?
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Why do your children always need to follow you into the bathroom?My children always find a reason to need or want something as soon as I go into the bathroom and close the door... Does anyone else have this problem?
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