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The desire for new things is essential to the continuation of the capitalist system

The [[desire]] for new things is essential to the continuation of the capitalist system ([[capitalism]]).

In order for it to keep growing, it must keep manufacturing new things and selling them for profit.

Source: [[Repairing Our Way out of Commodity Fetishism]].

So : [[Capitalism creates and shapes desires]].

See also : [[growthism]]. [[consumerism]].

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