We earn our money with sweat and labour and throw it away with no thought at all. It is this cycle that makes us feel poor. If we were to be transported to an African village we would no longer be reminded of our lack. We would be hungry, or not but apart from this we would be unaware of our lack of money.
Equally, if we were to be surrounded by the very rich- particularly old money- we would no longer feel poor. Commodities tend to lose their fetish value among the very rich (this is one reason they are rich) and our choices would be better.
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