11th richest nation in the world

i found a statistic from www.invisiblechildren.com that was alarming. if american teenagers were their own country they would be the 11th richest nation in the world. then i found another startling quote on www.cpyu.org. walt meuler was interviewing on stage with a marketer, and their written purpose statement that they are trying to attain was "find a spot of weakness and lust in every man woman and child, and exploit it to make them want to buy your product." that one kinda made my stomach churn. what selfishness. how sad. no wonder our society is the way that it is.