What motivates our culture to spend?

the lack of good judement and to much greed.

We are conditioned by our media to believe that more is better and we can only be desirable people by buying expensive things: the latest fashions, the fanciest cars, the biggest houses. The celebrities we watch reinforce this concept. We define ourselves by our possessions, leading us to spend every penny we can. A person who lacks self-esteem is more prone to this behavior, often finding him/herself in such deep debt that bankruptcy is the only solution. Easy credit is also a factor, as it is hard for some people to make the connection between what they get with the credit card and the bill that arrives in the mail a month later. They know it logically, but emotionally it is unrelated. People shop to try to solve problems in their lives, much the same was as people take drugs.

We spend to satisfy a need that we all have. There is a little empty spot in all of us and by spending money on something that we are attracted to it seems to fill that empty void that we feel at least for a short time. After we bring our new purchase home it doesnot take long for us to start looking for something else. God created the emptiness so that we might turn and look for Him to fill us and not things.

The fact that we are so focused on namebrand items, "nice things" I am sorry but I can find just as cute and just as good quality jeans that are $40 or below as $700!! ya know so I just think that everything has just become a competition to Americans. Who has the nicest house, car, clothes, animals, yard, EVERYTHING!!! Its ridiculous!

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