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The fetishization of money - the next level |
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As I talked to people that are common with Marx, they explained to me |
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that what I mean is known as the fetishization of wares. |
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But in the following I'll point out another phenomenon, that is somehow |
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connected to the concept of the fetishization of wares, but has |
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different causes. |
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This is about people spending an amount of money for goods that is |
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beyond any proportionality. You could assume that this is caused by the |
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fetishization of wares, which means that they are willing to pay far |
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more than the product's actual (= functional) value. |
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But from what I observed it's possible that people have lost the ability |
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to weigh how much they had to work for purchasing a product. |
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budget smartphone --> you get a smartphone + 10 days without work |
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newest iPhone --> you get a smartphone |
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This seems very odd to me, as I notice people often complaining about |
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having no time for family and not enough free time in general. Most of |
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my collegues also complain about disliking their job. |
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So how in hell can you come to a decision like buying an iPhone, that |
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imprisons you 10 days longer in your workplace that you dislike so much? |
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Keeping you away from friends and family and the things you really like. |
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People lose the connection between the money they pay for a product and |
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the lifetime they spend earning that money. |
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They accept their employment as if it would be a form of slavery. This |
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acceptance is caused by existancial fear. |
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Entirely detached from that they are calculating what shiny things they |
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can buy from their monthly income, to make their slave life a bit more |
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bearable. |
