I think that we're not actually disagreeing, if I'm reading this right. My point about social needs was mostly to do with social media. I could blab some science about how that affects our social needs, but that's not what we're really focused on from what I can tell.

We're both suggesting reducing/moderating our usage of corporat bullshit and particularly American corpos.

However, there is one thing that I noticed which I feel like you misunderstand, or perhaps I misunderstand you.

Stress and long hours in the job and they spent all their money in "stuff"

These are definitely not social needs, but a symptom of the lack of social needs being met. Humans crave companionship, and many people seek that in their items. I think you and I are similar in seeing the absurdity in this, but it appears that you find it more annoying than I do. There is one more layer to this, though, which we're probably intentionally ignoring; American corpos have monopolies in many areas. I know people who literally do not have access to anything other than corporations