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Originally Posted by Kizzy
Yep I'd say it was a mix of post war affluence and social conditioning that has led to the obsession with 'stuff'... people feel a real need to have lot's and lots of 'stuff'.
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I was thinking about this when I was out food shopping tonight.
From birth till the age of around six its called our "
formative" years. These indeed are the years we are programmed or formatted by our parents and relatives and child minders or nurseries. A lot of children today are being programmed to believe consumerism is normal and expected way of life. The competition to "have" is bigger than its ever been.
I wonder how that will sit with our future.