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0 pointsxsmasher4y ago0 comments

You could say that comparing social status is innate and natural to some people, but to call Conspicuous Consumption "fundamentally human" is overstatement.

Different things make different people happy. Some people enjoy having the biggest TV on the block. Other people take pride in NOT having a TV.

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olah_14y ago

> but to call Conspicuous Consumption "fundamentally human" is overstatement.

My take is that what his wife wanted was not “conspicuous consumption” but rather just a healthy social life.

Granted that is just what i gleaned from his statements.

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olah_14y ago

> but to call Conspicuous Consumption "fundamentally human" is overstatement.

My take is that what his wife wanted was not “conspicuous consumption” but rather just a healthy social life.

Granted that is just what i gleaned from his statements.

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