The more stuff we have, the harder it is to clean and maintain.

The harder it is to clean and maintain, the less we clean and maintain.

The less we clean and maintain, the more dirty and dysfunctional it all gets.

The more dirty and dysfunctional it all gets, the more stress we feel.

The more stress we feel, the more we seek to relieve stress with our conditioned consumer behavior,.. eating and shopping.

This occurs in fractals; from the individual household on up to an entire society.