The sixth mistake of society as identified by Gandhi is worship without sacrifice. The spirit of respect is lost when we begin to worship things. Gluttonous spending is now a cultural conviction with little thought of personal sacrifice. We want it all, we want it now, and we want it without effort. The attitude of justice and obedience is lost as many worship at the altar of the marketplace where consumption is king. Without personal responsibility, many believe in the economist’s rhetoric of the “invisible hand” determining and controlling the flow of goods and services where the “end justifies the means.” Free markets and consumerism can improve mankind, but only if treated as tools and methods used with discipline and sacrifice. 
