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minus-squareNegativeInf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·5 months agoI am asking why it’s so fetishized.
minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·5 months agoCapitalism, excessive consumerism, obsession with owning latest brand their favourite social media clown wears?
minus-squareThe Menemen!@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoTo show everyone that one can afford it, I guess.
minus-squareVeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-25 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodity_fetishism squared
minus-squareNegativeInf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoHuh, every time I find something I dislike about capitalism, I find that Marx beat me there.
minus-squareZoopZeZoop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI can’t speak for adults, but in middle school, it was to fit in and not appear poor. I got over that in high school. Although, it was easier because that’s when I became not poor.
I am asking why it’s so fetishized.
Capitalism, excessive consumerism, obsession with owning latest brand their favourite social media clown wears?
To show everyone that one can afford it, I guess.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodity_fetishism squared
Huh, every time I find something I dislike about capitalism, I find that Marx beat me there.
This, basically
I can’t speak for adults, but in middle school, it was to fit in and not appear poor. I got over that in high school. Although, it was easier because that’s when I became not poor.