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[–] pm_me_or 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

The society we live in flourishes under innovation, science, foresightedness. These have no value in societies where the only goal in life is to be happy.

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[–] pitenius ago 

English really needs an inclusive and exlcusive "we". I'm assuming you're an urban American.

Also, I can't think of a society in which the only goal is to be happy. I would say this desire for happiness is actually an oddly American phenomenon: the fruit-eating fishermen I referenced above felt man was born with three debts: heirs, learning and religious rituals. Until these were discharged, there could be no happiness.

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[–] Kookus ago 

The verbiage you're searching for is "greed is the great evil of mankind." Even your happy fishermen have wants and desires: a fishing pole, line, lure, knife, etc. The key is to not allow those wants and desires to drive your every action. If humanity as a whole could throw off the chains of greed, there is nothing we could not accomplish as a species.