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minus-squarewarmaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·2 years agoIt’s a status symbol, sure… it may be stupid and primitive as a trophy around a caveman’s neck… but we are just wired like that. Nothing special here.
minus-squareubermeisters@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoNo, we are wired to be programmed by giant companies to believe that the ways they influence us are just “toward the natural”.
minus-squarewarmaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoHow is it not natural to want a status symbol? However I agree that companies abuse that to gain power and profit, I’m not questioning that.
minus-squarecrispy_kilt@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoOnly poor people think a smartphone is a sign of wealth
It’s a status symbol, sure… it may be stupid and primitive as a trophy around a caveman’s neck… but we are just wired like that.
Nothing special here.
No, we are wired to be programmed by giant companies to believe that the ways they influence us are just “toward the natural”.
How is it not natural to want a status symbol? However I agree that companies abuse that to gain power and profit, I’m not questioning that.
Only poor people think a smartphone is a sign of wealth