People often compromise their own principles when faced with the choice between spiritual or ethical values and material goods symbolized by a “good feeder.

The Price of Prosperity: When Material Gains Overshadow Principles

People often compromise their own principles when faced with the choice between spiritual or ethical values and material goods symbolized by a “good feeder.” For example, one source indicates that if a person devotes their entire life solely to earning money and chasing a career, then even after reaching a significant level of material wealth, the individual may lose something essential—close relationships and inner fulfillment. As noted in one article:
"Of course, if you dedicate your entire life to a career, money-making, and act purposefully, trying not to make mistakes, you can achieve a certain level of well-being, but it will require all your efforts: you will have to neglect your children and your family.

And what will you have achieved?

Well, you’ll reach a more or less certain material level." (source: link txt)

Another article emphasizes that even those occupying high moral positions (for example, a pastor or priest) may face the temptation “to be like everyone else.” Here, moral principles can give way to the lure of obtaining material prosperity, as one might feel tempted to ensure not only spiritual but also material comfort for oneself and one’s loved ones. In this regard, it is stated:
"It is completely justified by moral law for a priest to strive to give his children an education, to ensure the health and prosperity of his family, as well as to maintain personal neatness and have the necessary things. The material temptation is not about this—it is not the 'temptation of bread.' This temptation is of a different nature. A pastor might be tempted 'to be like everyone else.' There may arise aspirations for wealth, for luxury, or, even worse, 'simply not to appear poorer than others.'" (source: link txt)

Furthermore, modern society can push a person toward choosing material prosperity. For example, voluntarily accepting the conditions of global systems that provide a certain standard of living—around which a “life-support system” is built—becomes a kind of contract wherein the person loses part of their autonomy in exchange for the ability to buy, sell, and receive necessary services. This is stated in the following material:
"Thus, the voluntary acceptance of a social number or a unique global digital anti-name is the main condition for merging with the perishable feeder of the global mammoth. The application for a social card is a contract with the new provider... concerning the person’s integration into the global life-support system." (source: link txt)

Finally, there is the opinion that the race for material goods distracts from more essential, eternal values, because the constant striving for abundance deprives a person of the opportunity to live by higher principles. As it is stated:
"And if we continue to strive for what, in fact, the whole of humanity aspires to—achieving abundance so that nothing hurts, and everything is warm, dry, and pleasant—then we will never reach the Kingdom of Heaven. Modern humanity will not reach the Kingdom of Heaven precisely because it seeks not God’s will but only its own benefit, in this selfish quest to secure a sweet life here on earth..." (source: link txt)

Thus, people might abandon their principles in situations where material values become the dominant factor—whether due to the pressure of social norms, the desire to conform to the surrounding world, or with the aim of securing even a minimally necessary standard of living for themselves and their loved ones. It is noteworthy that even those who initially uphold high moral standards often encounter this temptation when society offers convenient, yet compromising, paths to achieving material well-being.

Supporting citation(s):
"Of course, if you dedicate your entire life to a career, money-making... But even those who are very wealthy and hold high positions also suffer..." (source: link txt)
"It is completely justified by moral law for a priest to strive to give his children an education, to ensure the health and prosperity of his family... A pastor might be tempted 'to be like everyone else.'" (source: link txt)
"Thus, the voluntary acceptance of a social number or a unique global digital anti-name is the main condition for merging with the perishable feeder of the global mammoth..." (source: link txt)
"And if we continue to strive for what, in fact, the whole of humanity aspires to—achieving abundance so that nothing hurts..." (source: link txt)