Paul Wachtel contends that we try to “buy community.” What does he mean by this? What motivates us to do so?
What will be an ideal response?
Buying a community fills the void left by a lack of leisure time. Buying
facilitates bonds that create a social community. Through buying, we try to create a
feeling of community in the goods we purchase for ourselves and the goods we buy for
others, and we try to gain status within our community through the goods we display.
Goods, then, are a substitute for social needs.
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