PamelaJ1 I agree with you. Probably most of us are guilty of buying too much "stuff" - me included. I am trying, though, to curb this acquisitiveness which, I think, is generated by constant and unprincipled marketing, often based on psychological research which tells companies just how to "press people's buttons".
You only have to watch Dragon's Den to see that the hopeful "entrepreneurs" are often trying to market things that are wholly unnecessary. Occasionally, someone comes along who has developed a product that there is an obvious need for and which really has the potential to benefit society - but that is quite rare.
In The I yesterday was an article about "Gender Reveal Parties" - celebrations pre and post birth where couples reveal the sex of their child. These parties were first introduced in the US and already have a degree of popularity there but UK retailers have reported an interest in them recently.
The final paragraph of the article comments "..... Dr Slootmaeckers hopes people will steer away from gender-focused parties - but he suspects that they will continue as long as companies are willing to sell and advertise the idea. 'I think as long as there's a profit to be made, it will exist and the only thing you can hope is that it's not going to become mainstream.' "
Sorry if this rather drifts away from the thread subject but I do think the subject of conspicuous and needless consumption does bear some relationship to it.
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