Replying to The meaning of life

I am currently unemployed and have quite a bit of time on my hands. I started thinking about the meaning of life, and why people do(or dont do) things and why they conform to societies standards.
Why is our society hell bent on making the most money, having the nicest car, the biggest house. To get the jobs that pay well enough to aquire these things, you have to look a certain way, go to the right school, know the right people. Everyone goes through these motions but what does it give you in the end? Why must the rich get richer and the poor get poorer? why is there so much waste when people have nothing? Why are people that use drugs shuned? Why do anything at all if we are all going to die in the end?
I have asked many questions, some I have answers to, most I don't, but hopefully you can put in your two cents and help me understand why things happen the way they do.




I don't do drugs,I smoke weed.