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I believe that consumerism is a social ill in so far as it is an outlet for genuine human desires for creativity and self-expression, that under capitalism becomes incredibly damaging ecologically and potentially socially. Under a fairer and saner economic system, the manifestation of those same desires is much less likely to be so destructive as rampant capitalist consumerism.
For further reading: https://redsails.org/the-negation-of-abnegation/