Return of the "Golden Calf" in the 21st Century?

The Golden Calf story appears both in the Bible, Exodus (32-4 & 32-8) & the Quran (7-148). When Moses had gone to Mount Sinai, impatient at his return, his people created a golden calf & began worshipping it. It can of be considered a symbol of materialism. On his return, Moses destroyed it & preached the correct way to human happiness.

In the Bible, Luke (16:15) also reiterates "what is exalted in the eyes of men, (namely WEALTH, STATUS), is an abhorrence in the eyes of  God." In Matthew (19:24), Jesus Christ says "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God."

The Quran says "Your hearts are taken up with worldly gain from the cradle to the grave." (102:1). "Your wealth & children are but a temptation.(64:15). "The life of this world is but a sport & diversion." (47:36).

In Bhagavadgita, the quintessential Hindu text, in chapter 16, verse 13, one is cautioned against hankering after wealth. The Saint Sri Ramakrishna also preached against excessive attachment to family & wealth, like in the Quran (64:15) above.

Curiously, in the tale "Hans in Luck" by the Brothers Grimm, Hans, after serving his master faithfully for seven years, is given a lump of gold, as big as his head, as his wages. By a series of incidents, he exchanges his gold for various other objects, finally ending with some stones. By an accident, the stones fall into a well. Then Hans, cries out "There is no man under the sun so fortunate as I" & runs home free of any burden, as happy as Christian in "The Pilgrim's Progress" was, when he got rid of his burden.

Even with all these examples, the people in the twenty first century have again started to worship the "Golden Calf" of materialism under the euphemisms of "meeting targets" & having "good quarterly returns."