> I got comfortable with it and told myself that I had overcome my materialism
Vervaeke's "Meaning Crisis" talks have interesting things to say about this sense of the world between modes of "having" (material) and "being" (existential).
Fromm's point is we get mixed up. We try to satisfy our being needs within
the having mode. We suffer from "Modal Confusion". Think about how much our
culture is organized around this because it serves a lot of market interests
if I can confuse you, if I can get you to try and pursue your being needs
within the having mode.
Vervaeke's "Meaning Crisis" talks have interesting things to say about this sense of the world between modes of "having" (material) and "being" (existential).
https://www.meaningcrisis.co/episode-7-aristotles-world-view...