Commodity Fetishism? Rei-fication? Marx and Engels wrote about both, in what we might call the dawn of consumerism. I think validation through possessions is d

Commodity Fetishism? Rei-fication? Marx and Engels wrote about both, in what we might call the dawn of consumerism. I think validation through possessions is definitely a thing. Veblen goods run counter to this: consumers love fakes!