"...The material world is too soul-destroying. “The American dream radically differs from the call of Jesus and the essence of the Gospel,” he argues... “God actually delights in exalting our inability.” The American dream emphasizes upward mobility, but “success in the kingdom of God involves moving down, not up.”
"Platt’s arguments are old, but they emerge at a postexcess moment, when attitudes toward material life are up for grabs...But the country is clearly redefining what sort of lifestyle is socially and morally acceptable and what is not."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/opinion/07brooks.html?src=me&ref=general
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