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		hattmall on July 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bill Watterson’s refusal to license Calvin and Hob... It used to be that people lived life for the acts of life and a material things generally had a negative connotation. Now for a tremendous amount of people life is almost exclusively about material wealth and even many life experiences have a material quality because if you don't post pictures at certain landmarks did you really even go.

majormajor on July 16, 2022 [–]

Rich and powerful people have had gaudy things for centuries. Life was about power and material wealth was included in that.

How much of the negative connotations sometimes associated with that have been akin to propaganda to keep the rest of the people in line.

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