The hard truth here is that desire itself is the problem, not the amount of money one possesses—a person could have doubled their fortune and feel no richer, because the hunger for more doesn't scale with assets. Solomon isn't simply warning against greed (that would be too easy), but rather suggesting that the *object* of love matters less than the pattern of loving without satisfaction; he's describing an emotional condition, not a moral failure. Watch someone receive a promotion they'd dreamed of for years and find themselves anxious about the next one within weeks—they've just discovered what Solomon knew: that satisfaction doesn't hide further up the ladder, waiting to be climbed.