When life hasn’t got a swing anymore, people may give in to obsessive oniomaniac compulsions, in as much as they are going out of their way to construct a flamboyant life style and change their identity from “don’t-need†to “must-have†consumers, so as to satisfy their gripping buying desire. ("Buying now. Dying later")
— Erik Pevernagie
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