This is in some way just part of the human psyche. I don't judge either side, and understand both. But this is why limited editions and other forms of artificial scarcity exist, why stuff is made from other stuff that has no advantage at all, but is just hard to find, and why there is always a step up to literally everything.
There is however a difference in how people deal with this. Some desire something because they strive for the best, some want to complete a collection, some enjoy the hunt, some want to share obtain and share outside of other's reach... and some just want to be envied by others.
The (IMHO) sad part is that this is slowly getting in the way of the average person's ability to be content with their average life.
Just a few generations ago the average Joe was happy being able to make an honest living and putting food on the table every day, and couldn't care less about what some other random dude on the other side of the world thought, owned and was or wasn't able to do/buy.
Nowadays it seems it's not even just the marketing departments of 'Evilcorp' who are putting us up to this, we are doing it to ourselves more and more...
There is however a difference in how people deal with this. Some desire something because they strive for the best, some want to complete a collection, some enjoy the hunt, some want to share obtain and share outside of other's reach... and some just want to be envied by others.
The (IMHO) sad part is that this is slowly getting in the way of the average person's ability to be content with their average life.
Just a few generations ago the average Joe was happy being able to make an honest living and putting food on the table every day, and couldn't care less about what some other random dude on the other side of the world thought, owned and was or wasn't able to do/buy.
Nowadays it seems it's not even just the marketing departments of 'Evilcorp' who are putting us up to this, we are doing it to ourselves more and more...