There's a huge chunk of society more or less susceptible to such messages. In the secular West, this is usually phrased as "money doesn't buy happiness", or "there is more to life than material wealth", or "money can't buy me love, can't buy me looo-oove!", etc. And of course Christianity has its own set of memes around it.
The difference is, perhaps, that I haven't heard of a Western politician using such phrases directly when addressing the people - but that might just be because such politician would be considered a hypocrite. It works differently when religion is involved, too.
The difference is, perhaps, that I haven't heard of a Western politician using such phrases directly when addressing the people - but that might just be because such politician would be considered a hypocrite. It works differently when religion is involved, too.