This society values money over all things, it has lost sight of the value of a life, a pound is now owrth more than a person, so it seems anyway, we have moved from viewing money as a faciltator to worshipping it and its acquisition, jsut look at the storeis saying so and so is worth so much money.  Thi s has debased us and our culure we need to get back to a feleing of lfie as having intrinsic value.