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[[File:Materialistic-Hoarder-Stuff-Boxes-Junk.png|thumb|Everyone needs a few hundred boxes of crap]] | |||
Modern society provides so much abundance that it is easy to get [[addicted]] to the accumulation of things. | |||
Modern society provides so much abundance that it is easy to get [[addicted]] to the accumulation of things. | |||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoarding_disorder Hoarding] is a uniquely modern phenomenon where the compulsion to accumulate possessions reaches debilitating levels. | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoarding_disorder Hoarding] is a uniquely modern phenomenon where the compulsion to accumulate possessions reaches debilitating levels. | ||
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Creating personal strategies to counter the materialistic urge is a [[necessary prerequisite]] to finding [[happiness]] in a [[capitalist]] [[society]]. Especially when the entire [[economy]] acts as a [[propaganda]] machine to try and make you buy more. | Creating personal strategies to counter the materialistic urge is a [[necessary prerequisite]] to finding [[happiness]] in a [[capitalist]] [[society]]. Especially when the entire [[economy]] acts as a [[propaganda]] machine to try and make you buy more. | ||
See [[wikipedia:Economic_materialism|Economic Materialism]] and [[wikipedia:Consumerism|Consumerism]] | |||
{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cfCnoVto8c||center|The bitter truth behind consumerism|frame}} | {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cfCnoVto8c||center|The bitter truth behind consumerism|frame}} | ||
Revision as of 19:03, 24 January 2024
Modern society provides so much abundance that it is easy to get addicted to the accumulation of things.
Hoarding is a uniquely modern phenomenon where the compulsion to accumulate possessions reaches debilitating levels.
A happy life requires all of the stuff you need to be comfortable, and some stuff to have fun with. But beyond that any additional accumulation promises diminishing returns.
Creating personal strategies to counter the materialistic urge is a necessary prerequisite to finding happiness in a capitalist society. Especially when the entire economy acts as a propaganda machine to try and make you buy more.
See Economic Materialism and Consumerism