consumerism as defined today is more aspirational and well, all-consuming as a part of social identity than it was in Boston way back when. everyone everywhere

consumerism as defined today is more aspirational and well, all-consuming as a part of social identity than it was in Boston way back when. everyone everywhere consumes, but when the very habit of doing os becomes part of the social activity, it's a very different animal indeed. https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/a-brief-history-of-consumer-culture/ https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/a-brief-history-of-consum... https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/11/how-humans-became-consumers/508700/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/11/how-hum... https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/tupperware-consumer/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/tupperw... ,,etc