# 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]].