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> Hard for me not to see links between marketing and hoarding, all told. I don't think that follows. Hoarding isn't fundamentally about desire to acquire junk
by ajross 3y ago
> Hard for me not to see links between marketing and hoarding, all told.
I don't think that follows. Hoarding isn't fundamentally about desire to acquire junk, it's about the inability to get rid of it.
People who buy too much garbage they saw on social media or wherever are just "consumerists". It's arguably a mental illness too, I guess, but they aren't hoarding. Generally they just throw stuff out, or into a closet, etc... Though "thrifting" is suddenly an en vogue activity, I assume partly driven out of collective guilt over the amount of junk in our lives.
- taeric 3y agoRight, and marketing is a large part of convincing people that things are valuable and should be held onto. Or that you can find a use for it. Or find a way to clean it. Or whatever.
- cudgy 3y agoConsumerists can also become hoarders via their consumerist habits. I have an Aunt whose house is full of new books and clothes primarily with tags still on them. She effectively lives with her depreciated life savings.