# Gift Giving Is A Consumerist Conspiracy It stimulates overconsumption and makes unnecessary wastes. The worst aspect is that you have to give a gift back. 2 consumptions for 1 exchange? What a profitable opportunity! Surely it will be good for the economy :) Even if it is hand-made, I hate recieving a gift because I can't discard it freely in that case. I genuinely thank for the effort. But I don't want to own more things. It's a plague.