It is compassion. Empathy. Spirituality, the ability to connect with others. They are what separates us from amoebas, protozoas, from worthless bits of protoplasm.

It is the recognition that "no man is an island", and that "injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere".

You have just proudly abdicated those qualities, acknowledged yourself as believing that "stuff" is more important than your fellow beings. Rather proudly, even arrogantly, I might add.

There is so much more to life than acquisition. Remember Scrooge? That wasn't just an interesting story. And even Ebenezer was open to the broader world.

There are many, many others who have had those same qualities, some famous, some infamous, people who worshipped at a bank instead of church. People indifferent to the pain and suffering of the less fortunate, people who even create pain and suffering so that others may be even wealthier. It is the attitude of, well, think of the most reviled people of the last hundred years. They, too, valued "stuff" more than others.

Those who are able to appreciate more than the material pray for the truly impoverished of the world, no matter how wealthy they may be. And those prayers are wasted on the subjects, but do credit to those who pray.

The only sad part of all this is the effect those folks can have on others. They deserve their own fate, they will never miss what they can't experience. But others don't deserve them.