Again, people are not consumerist trash. We are brainwashed from babyhood with believing that having 'stuff' is a sign of being a worthy person and the mainstream keeps pounding this into us through all institutions just about. With the way the internet and AI is being employed the situation has gone ballistic.
It's capitalism and capitalism is both self-aggrandising and self-cannibalising. The system suffers from mental illness. No wonder so many young people are not faring well.