SOC 156 Lecture Notes - Hoarders, Forego, Consumerism
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The one time i loaned it to a friend, it was returned needing repairs. Suddenly, i found myself more attached to this material object and also more protective of it. This was my first experience of owning a material object where identification with the object altered my relationships to others. It helped me to understand the fear on the part of those with greater class privilege that they or their objects will be damaged if they share resources. These individuals may often live simply or even take on the mantle of poverty, but they are addicted to making and hoarding money. And they are as attached and identified with material resources as those individuals who express their greediness by flaunting excessive wealth and privilege. Money is their god even though they may never worship it in a manner that is visible to others.
