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shanshee_allures
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Edited Apr 12, 2008, 22:27
Re: 'Consumption' - doin' the right thing.
Apr 12, 2008, 22:23
I think the expression 'conspicuous consumption' serves well to differentiate between consuming as a means to live, and even to enjoy ourselves a bit, and spending in order to display to the world just how loaded you are.

I remember those girls from high school who'd shun the £10 bottle of perfume from Superdrug and prefer the 'prestige' of paying £20 for the exact same bottle just coz it came from Boots or Debenhams etc. A-holes of course.

And what about the bananas at Asda for one? Do you rightly go for fairtrade or organic? I mean they've both been flown half way round the world, one hasn't been sprayed with rotten chemicals, but one will go towards giving some outrageously poor family a little bit extra in their pocket. I buy fairtrade, for one I find they taste better, last a bit longer, but I am aware of the impossible compromise in doing so.

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