People today are more concerned with owning material possessions than with developing friendships and family relationships. To what extent do you agree with this statement?

Nowadays a days life of individuals
became
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materialistic, which is why
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public
are
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more inclined towards wealth and possessions over nurturing a mutual bond of love and care. I completely agree with the
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notion because ,in the current scenario, financial status, bank balance and personal needs are the key motives of most
people
which eventually make them isolated.
This
essay will elaborate on
this
in the upcoming paragraphs.
To begin
with, the first and foremost reason behind
such
an attitude is,
people
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that people
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are more concerned about the standard of living. Many
folk
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think that if they live in high comfort, it will enhance their respect in society. In order to achieve ,
this
they tend to neglect friends from lower economic groups irrespective of their love and need for them.
For instance
, in my local community when one young boy became an IAS officer he discontinued all his relationships with school and college friends.
Moreover
, he shifted his house to a comparatively richer area.
As a result
, now he
is having
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all the extravagant facilities in his home that
gives
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him comfort but no healthy and caring relationship with
people
.
Secondly
, to find and grow friendships one needs ample time
as well as
patience. In the present ,life
people
are busier
in
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earning their living as the competitive world hits them badly. The article published in The Times of India reported that
,
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a survey conducted about public
relationship
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relationships
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revealed, 55% of individuals agreed with the fact that
due to
a busy
lifestyle
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lifestyle,
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they face a lack of time to meet friends and relatives.
Therefore
, their life always flows in the direction of earning money
than
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rather than
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maintaining relationships. In conclusion, to satisfy economic demands the community got involved in work and businesses.
In addition
to that, the emphasis has
given
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more to living status,
as a consequence
distancing from
people
happens. Ultimately, the individual is becoming self-oriented,
materialistic
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and materialistic
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and forgets
acquaintance
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acquaintances
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.
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