In a culture that has developed into a 'Needs-Based' society, this quote from J Krishnamurti points out the absurdity:
"...Relationship based on mutual need brings only conflict. However
interdependent we are on each other, we are using each other for a
purpose, for an end. With an end in view, relationship is not. You may
use me and I may use you. In this usage, we lose contact. A society
based on mutual usage is the foundation of violence. When we use
another, we have only the picture of the end to be gained. The end, the
gain, prevents relationship, communion. In the usage of another, however
gratifying and comforting it may be, there is always fear. To avoid
this fear, we must possess. From this possession there arises envy,
suspicion, and constant conflict. Such a relationship can never bring
about happiness. A society whose structure is based on mere need,
whether physiological or psychological, must breed conflict, confusion,
and misery. Society is the projection of yourself in relation with
another, in which the need and the use are predominant. When you use
another for your need, physically or psychologically, in actuality there
is no relationship at all; you really have no contact with the other,
no communion with the other. How can you have communion with the other
when the other is used as a piece of furniture, for 
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