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Why consumer culture hijacks natural comfort-seeking

I keep buying things to feel better and then feeling worse about buying things and I cannot seem to break this cycle no matter how many minimalism books I read.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The substitution of acquisition for genuine nourishment creates compulsive cycles that deepen the original emptiness.

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