Cosigned - me, because this shit you just said is absolutely on point.
This is what I absolutely despise about western culture, especially in the US. The grindset. Everyone just wants to be pointlessly wealthy. Accumulating wealth has become something of a gamescore now, and everyone needs to be grinding these fucking coins to rank high on the leaderboard when they die.
People are no longer happy, too busy running after the gilded carrot.