If you have the means or if you don t, people still seem to buy unnecessary but expensive items to gain status. There are some people that are so wrapped up in status and what your possessions and your clothes say about you, that they will even dress their infants in baby Gap. This just seems stupid to me. This child will grow out of this forty dollar outfit in 2 weeks. It doesn t seem to stop.
Celebrities seem to be the most conspicuous consumers of all.
Most celebrities live in multimillion dollar houses and own several luxury and sports cars as well as a yacht or two. And that s just the beginning. It seems to me, that people used to save for the future. They used to think about not only their children s future, but also their grandchildren s and their grandchildren s. People seem to be so much more caught up in themselves these days and what other people think of them, rather than the well being of their family.