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SYSK Choice: Our Preoccupation With Ownership & The Backstories of America’s Favorite Dishes

Something You Should Know

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The Power of Possessions

In the West, we are taught that our identity is tantamount to what we can claim ownership over. So when someone takes them without permission, we feel that acutely. When you speak to people who've been burgled, they describe it as a violation and it can be traumatizing. But none of us would literally jump onto a moving car to prevent it from being stolen. There's something deep inside us, this emotional reaction when someone violates our stuff by helping without our permission. That really gets to us at a core level, that really violates us.

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