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Buddhism places such an emphasis on detachment because it originated in a poor part of the world where life was just a matter of subsistence and suffering (as viewed in the eyes of Siddharta Gautama). Therefore, people didn't want to keep living the lives they had there, and would rather not exist. Buddhism should have no place in the mind of a person who is able to enjoy his life.
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All ancient religions are like this, since all ancient soceities were very poor (I suppose Greek and especially Roman religions weren't but Greece and Rome were rich). India and China and that area were in pretty good shape compared to the rest of the world at the time Buddhism originated.