Americans have too much money and too much stuff.

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13. Even as adults, we mistake toys for happiness

We crush our children under a mountain of toys because we don't know other ways to be happy or content. This is a thing I can easily see even though I don't have children of my own, and likely never will being 57 and my wife 63. But we have bought our own toys for ourselves, some of which fill up our house to the point that we know we can't get any more unless we get rid of something to make room. And we do that because we can.