Money Problem?

OK, I would just like to preface this post by saying that all my life I have tried to be a good member of society. I always felt sort of guilty for being really wealthy, and gave lots of money to charities. I would often feel disgusted when I thought about how Paris Hilton's shoe closet could probabaly support a starving 3rd world country for a week, or how the slightest unnecessary luxury of many wealthy people could feed hundreds of starving people for a year. I used to want to get a college degree so I could really help balance out the world (and essentially, I still do) But then, I went to the Hamptons....

In the Hamptons, there are docks, and on the docks, there are the most beautiful yachts you have ever seen. I'm not kidding. Streamlined, four floors, tons of beautiful recessed lighting adorning decks with chic cocktail parties being served by their own private bartenders and chefs, excercise bikes, big screen flat panel TVs with surround sound, several jet skis per vehicle. These things were fucking SEXY. That is really the only word that describes the feeling you get when looking at them, aside from the soreness of your gaping jaw.

...and that my friends, is the scary thing about, well, things. they are so alluring, its easy to lose track of the bigger picture, even though so much more productive things could be done with the money. And what is luxury anyway? Everyone had the same Model T ford, and was perfectly happy with it, until GM decided to make cars with different 'luxury features' (which were probably essentialy not too major and were just a result of overproduction) at different prices. Why did we do that? why, so many years ago even before that, did someone decide they had to have something to make themself seem more distinguished than the rest of society? is it human nature or human evil? and when it comes to capitalism, do we really need the reward of
"things" in order to do our best work? sure, not if everyone has a job they love, but then again, who's going to pick your fruit and sew your clothes? (because lets face it, the US is wayyy to evolved to return to a perfect indian society at this point, no matter what Chuck P says-or is it?)
Will we ever live in a perfect society where everyone has what they need, or have we already fucked ourselves over too much with our sexy yachts?

Here's an idea: What if we forced people to stop making luxury products all together, and then managed to take away all the ones that already existed? we could sell these products to the government either for everybody's use, or to melt down into more useful products. With the profits of selling all these items, we could repay the vendors who make their living off of creating them, and at least give them sometime to find another job. Could we really balance things out? (obviously it is impossible to just take away everyones stuff, but what if luxury items became so rare, that when people saw them it would be obvious that someone had cheated somehow, and instead of envy, they were filled with a feeling of disgust for that persons need to take away from everyone else?) And the most important question of all: Am I becoming a communist?!?!?

I know, I know, lots of questions not enough answers, but at least they're worth asking (even if you're not making a profit) : )