That and a lot of people having been taught that luxury products display their worth and value to others. Perhaps not consciously but that's what many advertisers have intentionally sought to do.
I had an old college buddy kinda explode on me about this when he asked my why I still use an older phone and I told him because it does everything I need from a phone. The specific brainworms were something along the lines of asking me if I thought it made me look bad which I just kinda laughed at and said why would I feel that way or care about people who do?
He kinda really fell down the neoliberal rabbit hole (his role, degree, and money will do that) and I think it just kinda drives him insane that other people don't measure "worth" the same way he does. He also seems to really struggle to connect with a lot of us because fortunately most of us haven't tied our self worth to our financial status and didn't make our personalities consumption.
That and a lot of people having been taught that luxury products display their worth and value to others. Perhaps not consciously but that's what many advertisers have intentionally sought to do.
I had an old college buddy kinda explode on me about this when he asked my why I still use an older phone and I told him because it does everything I need from a phone. The specific brainworms were something along the lines of asking me if I thought it made me look bad which I just kinda laughed at and said why would I feel that way or care about people who do?
He kinda really fell down the neoliberal rabbit hole (his role, degree, and money will do that) and I think it just kinda drives him insane that other people don't measure "worth" the same way he does. He also seems to really struggle to connect with a lot of us because fortunately most of us haven't tied our self worth to our financial status and didn't make our personalities consumption.
It's really sad/a shame.