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The theory that you can fill an existential hole one purchase at a time.
means A social and economic mindset that equates buying more goods with progress, happiness, and personal worth.
from From Latin consumere, to use up or devour; the -ism arrived in the 20th century, when buying became a belief system and the cart became a confessional.
Coined twiceFirst praised pro-consumer, later flipped to mean overconsumption.
Engineered desirePlanned obsolescence makes things die so wallets keep beating.
Retail therapyStudies confirm shopping briefly dulls sadness, then bills it.