Envy

I have been thinking a lot lately about the topic that we are currently on,envy. This is something that I have heard a lot of because it is said everywhere that envy is one of the seven deadly sins and that one should always be content with what they have. In the bible it  says " Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's." This is the tenth commandment given to Moses by God. We should not envy or want anything that or neighbor has because we should enjoy what we have, even if it is less than our neighbors. This, however, is easier said, than done. No matter what other people have, someone else wants it and that I feel is the basis to why we have so much crime and betrayal in this world. No one is content and no one seems happy with their position, status, or even life. It seems like the basis of this world is to constantly outdo the other person because we must have what they have and we must be better than them. As far as envy goes, I want to pose a question, would you say that envy is this never ending cycle and that it is done unconsciously? Let me explain what I mean, we all see people with statuses we want, we see them with the life we want, and so we envy what they have and strive to be like them, we call these people role models just to put a little bit of icing on the fact that we secretly want their life. So as I asked before, would you say that envy is a never ending  cycle and is something that is done unconsciously sometimes?