Since the Middle Ages,human beings have purchased various goods—ranging from bare necessities to unimaginable luxuries—using money acquired from wage labor. We routinely report on how the past and present iterations of this system, commonly known as market capitalism, or depend on the subjugation of the planet’s most powerless populations and the destruction of the soil’s most fragile ecosystems. We much less routinely acknowledge the fact that we buy stuff ourselves,and that we like a lot of the stuff we buy. Pursuant to our goal of editorial transparency, here’s the best thing each member of Gawker’s staff bought in 2015. whether you have your own suggestions, and hop in the comments below.
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