Whether we ignore it or not, it s always staring us in the face. Heck, we re willing to pay corporations for the privilege of wearing products that advertise their stuff. There s the obsession with playing the lottery. These are all cliches by now. We Americans know that we re obsessed with buying stuff.
Consumerism is the basis of our culture.
In fact, we talk about our consumerism all the time, acknowledge it, joke about it and then shrug it off. It s no big deal, we always say, really. We can handle it. We know that stuff doesn t save us or make us happy. We just like having it around for fun.