... points from Emerson, I think, somewhere in the letters (which I can't find at the moment) was one of the problems with (American) society was the misplaced valuation where material property was given far more authority than life. A problem which has continued as a major source of conflict
Rising up to varying degrees of severity throughout history - truly before Emerson, and after. Anyway, like I said, I was unable to find the specific instance where this was explained in detail, and it may not have been, and I am only remembering reading it from some Wikipedia or AI/LLM summary
Which is besides the point because whether it was Emerson, or Carlyle, or some anon Wikipedia editor, or even an AI/LLM (which inputs its outputs from humans outputs) - it is true, and is still true, and it is the main issue causing widespread harms throughout human history.
Anyway, I did find an interesting thing while trying to find that specific mention which is tangentially related, and I'll just share the screenshots with no further elaboration
