The fetishization of money - the next level
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As I talked  to people that are  common with Marx, they  explained to me
that what I mean is known as the fetishization of wares.

But in the following I'll point out another phenomenon,  that is somehow
connected  to  the  concept  of  the fetishization  of  wares,  but  has
different causes.

This  is about  people spending  an amount  of money  for goods  that is
beyond any proportionality. You could assume  that this is caused by the
fetishization of  wares, which means  that they  are willing to  pay far
more than the product's actual (= functional) value.

But from what I observed it's possible that people have lost the ability
to weigh how much they had to work for purchasing a product.

  budget smartphone  -->  you get a smartphone + 10 days without work
  newest iPhone      -->  you get a smartphone

This seems  very odd to me,  as I notice people  often complaining about
having no time for  family and not enough free time  in general. Most of
my collegues also complain about disliking their job.

So how in  hell can you come  to a decision like buying  an iPhone, that
imprisons you 10 days longer in your workplace that you dislike so much?
Keeping you away from friends and family and the things you really like.

People lose the connection between the  money they pay for a product and
the lifetime they spend earning that money.

They accept their employment  as if it would be a  form of slavery. This
acceptance is caused by existancial fear.

Entirely detached from that they  are calculating what shiny things they
can buy from their  monthly income, to make their slave  life a bit more
bearable.