The Crisis of American Consumerism

[jeffrey]

Some people buy inflatable Santa Clauses, and they put them on the rooftop. You ask if they really need that, they chuckle and say "no, no, of course not." But, when you ask them about flatscreen TVs, nobody chuckles anymore, people feel uncomfortable.

The truth is, we have very limited real needs....

Amitai Etzioni: The Crisis of American Consumerism

[SMSF101]

it is true!. If you going to separate our needs from wants you will see that most things in the lists are want. If we could only knew how prioritize things i guess we will not be left empty handed.