The thing about materialism as a philosophy is that people who believe in just flesh and blood and no spirit believe they can do whatever they want on earth, no matter how evil and get away with it. A spiritual believer does not.
That doesn't necessarily make a materialist immoral, but it means that if they are immoral there are no limits how low their behaviour can go.
This is how I see scammers. They are clearly godless people and lost souls. Scamming seems to be on the rise and they work in groups in sophisticated ways, targeting the vulnerable.
But I feel pity for people who have sunk so low as to feel they must lie and cheat and steal from others to make their way in the world.
Ultimately their gains will taste like ashes in their mouth.
Because morality matters.
Treating people as you wish to be treated matters.
One day they will find that out, I am sure, if they ever decide to clamber out of their self-made, selfish hell and look at what they've done with their lives and who they have harmed.
It's just they are so ignorant and callous that they think they will ultimately gain from their morally bankrupt behaviour.
All they gain is a meaningless life, filled with shallow possessions and relationships with equally empty and black -hearted people.
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