Should modern society be criticized for being materialistic?

  "People can be so easily controlled by a piece of paper" is a common quote of modern society. Some people do not know how to use money very well and that is what can cause criticism in modern day society. But although the world revolves around money, there is no need for criticism because there is always a reason on why society is so heavily focused on money or being "materialistic" as people say. Lets take for example, a community needs money to improve themselves, the people, and the ecosystem. That may be a good reason to many people, and of course people are going to have different points of views whether to oppose or be against such reason. Criticism can also be seen as stating another opinion, there is never a right or wrong so it is never ending. There should always be criticism because it will lead to being more open minded in their thoughts. Sometimes people mistaken criticism for insults and insulting should never be okay since it never solves anything, rather destroys it.