When I was 11 a friend of mine called me a materialist. Not in a bad sense, he just learned what it was and that I fit the bill.
I still enjoy material things for a while, then usually sell them.
I like to see what things ‘are’ and how they contribute.
I’m financially limited, but I’ve still come accross some big advances.
I’m Still Trying to Understand Socialism.
Doesn’t Karl Marx Get Involved in Some Way?.
Sincerely,
DJ Nosferatu Bat Beam (sleepoptimistic)
Depends on the definition of the term. Almost everybody owns something material be it a car, a house, a collection of trinkets or whatnot.
I think the true definition of a materialist in the modern world is someone who is very attached to their belongings and unable to give anything away.
I guess most of us are materialist to some extent. If we lost our home, most of us would take it badly for instance. But people who are unable to throw anything away or give anything away are maybe those who are defined as very materialistic.
I think I am somewhere in between. Much of my stuff like furniture and clothes are bought second hand but I do like them, and I have a hobby collecting and watching films. Although i do give them away if they are not my kind of movie.
I’m too much of a materialist. Trying to be less so moving forward.
You can like having material things without being materialist in a philosophical meaning.
I’m the opposite, an Idealist.
Anyways materialism is death if you accept modern physics, materialists moved to Physicalism.
Nope, im not a materialist, i think everything is due to physical things / objects interacting with people interacting with people, their views on the physical stuff and the perspective on each other in one integrated grit.
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