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Other countries might have products/resources your country doesn't
will engage in a good relationship with the country
It also has economic advantages since you don't have to hurt your land to find the product or resources
In the social sciences, materialism signifies a preoccupation with materiality and material processes, and how these contribute to forming the social. ... Both directions of materialism engage with material inequalities, whether it is between different social classes, or between humans and nonhumans.An example of materialism is valuing a new car over friendships.
They used it to teach Greek Virtues
