Persuasive Essay

Wealth as a Destroyer of Traditional Values

Should wealthy people forget traditional values and let wealth destroys them? Many people believe that they can have both wealth and traditional values in equal importance, and they can behave themselves well with the traditional values when they are wealthy. However studies show that many people have become materialistic and have forgotten their traditional values when they have become wealthy. There are two reasons why traditional values are forgotten and destroyed.

The first reason is when people are wealthy; they get bored easily as they have almost everything and tend to find something to do, which could break the traditional values. In the first place, they don’t care so much about earning money and don’t stick to their work, so they can wander around and find something interesting to do. Of equal importance, when people get bored, they tend to find something interesting or relaxing, such as drugs, to get rid of their boredom. They feel their lives are empty and meaningless because they live for nothing and have no worries about money. Furthermore, they don’t have an aim and indulge in something fun for them which opposed their traditional values, directly caused the traditional values to fade away.

               The second reason is wealth enables people to look for more pleasurable things since they have more money to spend. In support of this, wealth gives them more opportunity to look for fun. With the money, they can afford more things for fun. For example, they can afford affairs outside marriage, which contrast the teaching of their traditional values. Consequently, people think that even though they are wealthy; traditional values will limits their fun. They can’t do a lot of things if they always follow their traditional values, so they put traditional values aside when they come to their amusement. Also, traditional values are thought to be killjoy and are slowly being forgotten by the wealthy people. 

               Now that we have examined that traditional values could be forgotten and destroyed by wealth.  Try to always advise every person not to forget their traditional values when they are wealthy. Let them know that if they don’t follow their traditional values, they could easily step on the wrong path that could ruin their future, such as taking drugs. Take another step to make them understand the importance of traditional values. They should at least put traditional values in equal importance with wealth, so that they won’t make wrong decisions. Should wealthy people forget traditional values and let wealth destroys them?