Yes, you are so right. I'm convinced that living an ethical life is so much better than living a wealthy one. And yes, there is objective good and evil, no matter how many people nowadays deny this fact.
And it's not an us against them matter. "Me and my folks are the good guys and the others are the bad ones" It's about how we behave, if we show compassion or cruelty towards our fellow humans, respect or disdain, generosity or greed, honesty or falsehood.