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  We all live in a Capitalist, Consumerist and 'Aspirational' society.
  
  Given this fact, what sort of mind can possibly conceive of the notion that whosoever has not the wherewithal to possess cannot possess, and has no 'right' to possess.
  What portion of our population can get by without Credit and without Debt? Certainly not those who have a Mortgage or those who have savings and/or investments, or any who rely upon profit of any kind.
  
  We are all subjected to an insistent and persistent pressure 'to possess', our whole economy runs upon this rail of 'aspiration'.
  
  'Their' succumbing to the consumerist norm should not be any sort of surprise, and certainly not to any others who rely upon their money working for them.
  And yet the age-old canard dresses itself up for every occasion:"They keep their coal in the bath, you know!, What do they want with a piano?, How dare they have Sky TV! etc. etc. and on and on it goes.
  
  Why not begin every Commercial Break with a health warning?
  
  "No-one without a disposable income in excess of £X should view the following!"
  
  "Nobody without guaranteed constant highly paid employment need apply?"

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