Yes it comes down to value systems. Society has long confused us into giving other human beings an aggregate value. Sometimes richer people confuse their possessions with having value over other people. The other people are often times just pretending to get their riches lol.
The poorer people are confused as well because they believe getting the riches of others will make them more valuable. So both parties often times end up dissapointed to find it doesn't actually work that way. That its not real. Real value is easy to identify because it occupies a presence in the truth.
I know the rich no more own a mountain than the mountain existing prior to they came into existence. I know a poor man who can bring more value to peoples lives than a rich man. We typically spend our lives confused and unaware of this for most of our time here. I think you're lucky if you understand this early on. I hope i do.
RE: Is your importance entirely financial???