The core value at the heart of Consumerism is vanity. Likewise, one of the main values that Islam espouses is humility. Does this mean that Islam and Consumerism are incompatible?
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I think many religions are at odds with consumerism... It's a question of degree. There's nothing wrong with having and owning things, it's a question of the degree to which one is "addicted" to having more and more "stuff": this is a behavior which comes from a sense of being incomplete and needy... an attempt to fill one's sense of emptiness through a program of acquisition. Authentic spiritual development moves in the opposite direction somewhat: resolving the false views which lead to the sense of emptiness. As that development progresses, there is a natural reduction in craving and clinging to "more stuff".
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