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Why do we overconsume? This is the central question in episode 29. We discuss the role of loss, sacrifice, and dissatisfaction in the consumption process. We also consider concepts such as proxy consumption, conspicuous consumption, and consumption inflexibility. Why do products always have so much packaging? Why do we always want more? How can we become aware of the scale of our consumption? ???? Listen to the podcast on platforms: https://one.link/anticapitalpod Donate in rubles: transfer to card 2200700158084953 Donate in euros/other currencies: https://ko-fi.com/anticapitalpod Instagram: / anticapitalpod Telegram channel: https://t.me/zhertvicapitalisma TikTok: / anticapitalpod ???? Contact: [email protected] ????Sources: Todd McGowan Capitalism and Desire: The Psychic Cost of Free Markets Joseph Stiglitz The Price of Inequality Daphné B. Made-up A True Story of Beauty Culture Under Late Capitalism 00:00 Introduction 07:04 Satisfaction, Loss, and the Psychology of Consumption 15:53 Killjoy, Apple, and the Role of Sacrifice in the Consumption Process 27:04 How to Assess Your Level of Consumption 31:30 Consumption as entertainment, shopping vs. consumerism 38:50 What do we save on in order to consume? 42:05 Consumption through a proxy and what is overconsumption 48:47 Subconscious, ideology, conspicuous consumption 56:56 Tons of packaging: why?