Like you have said, "some people just want to live comfortably and be happy, and everything should not revolve around money." Can you talk about things you can do successfully and efficiently in this world without money? Just give me a little glimps of how you can be happy without money or how you can live comfortably without money? Almost everything we do in this life requires money, bro.
I don't think I said people can survive without money. If I did say that, then I was wrong. Everybody needs money, everybody needs to work for money. All I'm saying is, not everybody wants as much money as you and I want.
When I say some people want a comfortable life, I don't mean a life where they won't work, I mean a life where they go about their normal businesses or jobs and they make enough money to be comfortable.
When I say "everything doesn't revolve around money" I don't mean people don't need money. If everything revolves around money then only the rich would be happy.
Most of us already know it or aware of the economy situation, it is just that most of us don't care about it like what you've said.
Those who are struggling or wants to gain kore would do what they need to achieve it, think of a way how their life would be better, but for those who are already contented with their life living with a minimum then they would just continue to do what they are already doing, the problem with it is that they would only see how bad it is when they face a certain situation that requires them more than what they have or some emergency cases that they need a big cash.
You can also work hard and make more money yet be faced with a situation where the money you have can't solve that issue or an issue that would drain all the money you've worked for.
It's just how life is. It ain't scripted.
I don't know about you people but the ultimate thing in life is happiness. As long as a person is happy with what he makes, he doesn't complain, he pays his bills, and doesn't have any pressing issues that need money to solve, I believe he's fine.