Materialism

I heard a guy talking the other day about how the “average” child today gets an amount of toys each year that averages out to more than one per day. Self-storage has taken off, and it seems that everyone is running out of space, no matter how big thier house is. My question is this: What factors have contributed to our societies seemingly endless need to “get more stuff”.

Also, are other countries following suit? Are we despised because we have so much and seem never to be satisfied with it? Will this ever stop?

Contributing factors:

Mass production.

Easy credit.

Advertising.
This is just an opinion. I have no cites. If no one else posts, I’ll look up some stuff in the morning, see if it supports my opinion or not.