Why do people care so much about material goods? Yes, there are some goods with intrinsic value and we have heard Rizzo say that when he buys his daughter earrings, he's not buying the earring he's being quality time with his daughter and the good is enhancing this. But what has really made me think is when you don't have enough money to even clothe, or support yourself or your family why do you care about having a nice phone? I have seen many "poor" people with nice touch screen phones and it just makes me wonder, why spend your money on a mobile phone when you could be buying other things. I'm sure for these people there is intrinsic value and it may make them feel more in with society. It just goes to show that what sometimes you don't really understand why a good is purchased by an individual if you think about intrinsic value and what that good may mean to that person you could justify many many purchases that seem unnecessary.
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