Countries ranked by how materialistic they are (big house, buy)
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Yes. I punched someone over a toothbrush once, everyones done it so its nbd.
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I feel materialism is about Any Main Items People Buy With Money, Entertainment Options Where Money Is Spent, Homes/Cars/Furniture Home Items/Clothes/Technological Items Like Computers/Cameras/Travel, All Types Of Stores/Businesses People Spend Money In, Obsessive Focus On Economics, Status In What They Buy and Consume In Everyday Items, Attachment to What They Have Bought, and Almost Everything Else Where Money Is Involved.
There is a relevant topic in Great Debates about people acting wealthy in mind and spirit compared to extreme noticeable differences in acting wealthy in materialism consumerism http://www.city-data.com/forum/great...nd-spirit.html However, they are not always mutually exclusive, and have benefits together in lifestyle.
Wealthy in Mind and Spirit is more about Hobbies, Interests People have, Personal Values in Life, A Real Sense of Respect and Empowerment, How Someone Views Other People in Sense of Value, Thinking Patterns, Inner World, and What Someone Decides to Focus On in Everyday Life without too much obsession, or reliance on materialistic items.
There is an exciting, genuine, deep, and not shallow version in how materialism consumerism is expressed, so it’s not only negative connotations. I am not really against materialism, although prioritize and focus 1st on mind, and spirit is important. There is simultaneous easy expression to show wealth in mind, spirit and wealth in materialism consumption.
Based on my specific explanation, I rank countries based on how materialistic they are, and levels of relevant involvement in materialism with a majority of a national society.
Level 1 Materialism Dominates Life:
South Korea
Japan
Switzerland
China (including Hong Kong and all of mainland China)
Singapore
Germany
UK
UAE
Qatar
Luxembourg
Level 2: Materialism A Major Force, and simultaneously some or a lot of value in Wealth of Mind, Spirituality, and Non-Materialism
Taiwan
Sweden
Norway
Canada
Netherlands
USA
Mexico
Brazil
Thailand
Malaysia
Vietnam
Level 3: A fair equal amount between materialism consumption and wealth in mind, spirit, and not materialistic forms of culture
Austria
Czech Republic
France
Italy
Spain
Russia
Romania
Poland
Indonesia
India
Sri Lanka
Fiji
Level 4: Minimal amount of materialistic aspirations compared to a majority of other countries, and more focus on not materialistic forms of culture
Nepal
Morocco
Tunisia
Laos
Seychelles
Level 5: Strong emphasis on culture, and tradition, and close to relative non-existent forms of materialism
Bhutan
Tibet (When Tibet was a separate country, and situation is probably changing drastically there because Tibet is now part of China)
I feel materialism is about Any Main Items People Buy With Money, Entertainment Options Where Money Is Spent, Homes/Cars/Furniture Home Items/Clothes/Technological Items Like Computers/Cameras/Travel, All Types Of Stores/Businesses People Spend Money In, Obsessive Focus On Economics, Status In What They Buy and Consume In Everyday Items, Attachment to What They Have Bought, and Almost Everything Else Where Money Is Involved.
There is a relevant topic in Great Debates about people acting wealthy in mind and spirit compared to extreme noticeable differences in acting wealthy in materialism consumerism http://www.city-data.com/forum/great...nd-spirit.html However, they are not always mutually exclusive, and have benefits together in lifestyle.
Wealthy in Mind and Spirit is more about Hobbies, Interests People have, Personal Values in Life, A Real Sense of Respect and Empowerment, How Someone Views Other People in Sense of Value, Thinking Patterns, Inner World, and What Someone Decides to Focus On in Everyday Life without too much obsession, or reliance on materialistic items.
There is an exciting, genuine, deep, and not shallow version in how materialism consumerism is expressed, so it’s not only negative connotations. I am not really against materialism, although prioritize and focus 1st on mind, and spirit is important. There is simultaneous easy expression to show wealth in mind, spirit and wealth in materialism consumption.
Based on my specific explanation, I rank countries based on how materialistic they are, and levels of relevant involvement in materialism with a majority of a national society.
Level 1 Materialism Dominates Life:
South Korea
Japan
Switzerland
China (including Hong Kong and all of mainland China)
Singapore
Germany
UK
UAE
Qatar
Luxembourg
Level 2: Materialism A Major Force, and simultaneously some or a lot of value in Wealth of Mind, Spirituality, and Non-Materialism
Taiwan
Sweden
Norway
Canada
Netherlands
USA
Mexico
Brazil
Thailand
Malaysia
Vietnam
Level 3: A fair equal amount between materialism consumption and wealth in mind, spirit, and not materialistic forms of culture
Austria
Czech Republic
France
Italy
Spain
Russia
Romania
Poland
Indonesia
India
Sri Lanka
Fiji
Level 4: Minimal amount of materialistic aspirations compared to a majority of other countries, and more focus on not materialistic forms of culture
Nepal
Morocco
Tunisia
Laos
Seychelles
Level 5: Strong emphasis on culture, and tradition, and close to relative non-existent forms of materialism
Bhutan
Tibet (When Tibet was a separate country, and situation is probably changing drastically there because Tibet is now part of China)
how is Sweden, Norway and Mexico more materialistic than Russia, France, Italy, and Spain?
how is Sweden, Norway and Mexico more materialistic than Russia, France, Italy, and Spain?
It's just his personal view.
Personally I wouldn't say the UK is more materialistic than the US, the UK being a country which in the past has had socialist Governments and has a history of battling adversity as a collective as in WW2, when far from being materialistic the country was on rationing well in to the 1950's, with a make do and mend attitude.
The US by contrast is one of the largest consumer nations in the world, and is a country firmly built on the principles of free market capitalism rather than more collective socialism.
Personally I wouldn't say the UK is more materialistic than the US, the UK being a country which in the past has had socialist Governments and has a history of battling adversity as a collective as in WW2, when far from being materialistic the country was on rationing well in to the 1950's, with a make do and mend attitude.
The US by contrast is one of the largest consumer nations in the world, and is a country firmly built on the principles of free market capitalism rather than more collective socialism.
All the Anglo nations seem similarly materialistic.
Aren't always the "Romance countries" stereotyped as "Pleasure of Life, No work, Laziness/Siesta"?
Then here it goes, they are 100,0000 times less materialistic than Northern and Anglo countries.
Aren't always the "Romance countries" stereotyped as "Pleasure of Life, No work, Laziness/Siesta"?
Then here it goes, they are 100,0000 times less materialistic than Northern and Anglo countries.
The so called pleasures in life include materialistic goods, just look at the French and Italian Fashion houses for instance or the Italians love of sports cars.
I don't get how Thailand and Vietnam are in first tier, I think virtually every western developed country should be in first tier. Uk, USA, Canada, Australia, NZ, France, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Chile all seem very materialistic.
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