[scott_w]

> Maybe, but really consumerism wasn’t a thing for most of history because almost no one had the money to decorate intentionally in the way we do today.

This reminds me of being a kid excitedly repeating the trope I’d just learned: “Back in your day it was nice because you didn’t need to lock your doors!”

To which she responded “Because none of us had anything worth stealing.”

[throaway123213]

Illuminating point but quite a lot of people live in 1st world countries where you still dont need to lock your door. Even in a major city.

[scott_w]

It’s very time and place dependent. Burglaries are less common these days because the valuable stuff is iPhones now, rather than televisions.