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Originally Posted by vskid3
I think the real real root of the issue is the lack of financial literacy and rationality.
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That, and a fundamental insecurity. The old "big truck compensating for a small penis", writ large. Buy a big, heavy pickup or SUV because it's supposed to be safer, even though statistics show they're generally not. Buy something big and expensive on payments to show your neighbors (and maybe try to convince yourself) that you're doing ok financially, even though you're one paycheck away from bankruptcy. And so on, and so on.