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Not if that it requires me to reduce my conspicuous consumption by one cent! I've been trained all my life by media and advertisment to equate the acquisition o
by esarbe 3y ago
Not if that it requires me to reduce my conspicuous consumption by one cent! I've been trained all my life by media and advertisment to equate the acquisition of cheaply produced, low quality trash with freedom, and you can take it from my cold dead hands.
I need to continue buying all that useless crap to feel I have status!
- useless999 3y agoI’m afraid conspicuous consumption predates consumerism by a few millenia :(
- esarbe 3y agoNot on this scale.[0] [0] https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/a-brief-history-of-consumer-culture/ https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/a-brief-history-of-consum...'