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ownership cannot be legal or illegal as long as you are using it in a way that doesn't hinder others

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Owning objects means responsibly using them considering morals

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We need to own things, otherwise there would be confrontation over what we do with with the things.

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If I pay for or earn an object, it becomes in my ownership

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Everything can be owned if it can be made

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I feel most proud of possessing objects that cost a lot of money

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The only thing I can truly own is my life

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I cannot own another human or animal

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I can only own physical objects

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In our society, there are two types of people; those who create the wealth and those who own the wealth

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Recent findings showing that the richest 1% own as much wealth as half of the world’s population bothers me greatly

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I do not understand how it is acceptable for owned properties to lay dormant for long periods of time while homelessness remains an issue

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A resource based economy that limits private ownership and instead allocates goods and services according to the needs of a society is a good idea

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Essential services such as healthcare should be owned by the public

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You cannot own anything that you have not created

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Nobody should be allowed to own land

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Intellectual property should not exist – you cannot own an idea

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Ownership is a social construct. It’s a somewhat weird notion that we somehow 'own' something - be it a thing or a piece of territory

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The price of an item only increases when it becomes rare

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A new, big car is worth more than an older, smaller car, even if they perform the same basic functions exactly the same

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If two paintings look the same, one is a priceless piece of art from a famous painter and the other is a fake, they hold the same value as they look the same

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If two people own the same CD of a popular band, neither owns the music but they do own the recreated copy

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Art, such as a painting by Van Gogh, is passed from custodian to custodian, but these people don't truly own it

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Private owned hospitals deliver the same quality of treatment as government run hospitals

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If the government give you an object, i.e. a company car, you have an obligation to take care of it

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The scarcity of an object increases the value of it

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Your favourite book in a paperback edition is worth the same in terms of satisfaction and content as it would be if it were bound in leather and written in gold

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Oil can only be owned by the companies that mine it

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A famous piece of classical music can be played and reproduced thousands of times but this is not "stealing"

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If an object is abandoned, someone still has rights to it

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All objects are on loan, no-one can truly own anything

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(14516879 is Nicole, Idk why it calls me this)

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(14516879 is Nicole, Idk why it calls me this)

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Only citizens of the state can own property

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Due to the current generation’s tendencies towards excessive buying, future adults will have serious problems with impulsive buying + consumer addiction.

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Materialistic youth are preoccupied with acquiring material goods due to the influence of image based advertising.

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Brands are often used as symbolic resources for the construction and maintenance of identity.

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Teenagers are skilled at ‘reading’ other people through their branded possessions.

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Teenagers use brands to help with identity construction and communication more than adults.

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Disrupted families show higher levels of materialistic values and higher levels of compulsive consumption.

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Those with a stronger commitment to materialistic values have lower life satisfaction and lower subjective wellbeing.

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Buying consumer goods is more integral to the personal and social identity of women.

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Female ‘treasured possessions’ tend to include interpersonal relationships and things with emotional significance.

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Male ‘treasured possessions’ tend to include more practical, control and activity related features.

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My clothing reflects my personal identity.

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We seek identity through material goods.

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People buy consumer goods for psychological benefits (e.g to attract a mate, look wealthy) rather than their economic or utilitarian value.

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Material goods and identity construction are interrelated.

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Having lots of possessions makes you less friendly.

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A person is defined by their possessions more than their personal attributes.

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Owning/ buying an object improves my day

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Owning a unique object would excite me

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Objects that I own say something about me

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Buying antiques interests me

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I would prefer to own an object that had history attached to it

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Gaining a product makes me feel good

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I would feel very strongly about a product I had designed and created

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Age affects the feeling of ownership of an object

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Age affects the feeling of ownership of an object

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Appearance affects the feeling of ownership of an object

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Appearance affects the feeling of ownership of an object

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Ownership of an object increases the identification with it

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Ownership of an object increases the identification with it

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The feeling of ownership provides reassurance

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The feeling of ownership provides reassurance

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The sense of ownership decreases if an object was pre-owned

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The sense of ownership decreases if an object was pre-owned

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Ownership of specific brands makes you feel more accepted into specific social group

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Ownership of specific brands makes you feel more accepted into specific social group

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The feeling of ownership is less when discussing rented goods

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The feeling of ownership is less when discussing rented goods

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Ownership can be felt over shared products

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Ownership can be felt over shared products

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The stronger the feeling of ownership for an object, the more that object defines you

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The stronger the feeling of ownership for an object, the more that object defines you

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The more expensive the object, the more intense feeling of ownership

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The more expensive the object, the more intense feeling of ownership

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Ownership is felt for something you have invested in

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Ownership is felt for something you have invested in

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ownership is linked with the feeling of responsibility

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ownership is linked with the feeling of responsibility

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People are more likely to want to improve the things they

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People will strive to maintain the things they own

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people will take better care of the things they perceive themselves to own

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I feel territorial over those things I own

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People can own things simply by admiring the emotional aspect of it rather than owning it for the similarity to which they can relate.

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Humans have an innate desire to possess things that are deemed exclusive.

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The emotional connection between person and product is far more important than its aesthetic value.

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People who receive things made by someone who has passed away makes them value the object beyond any monetary value if they are related to them.

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It is possible to want to own something that reminds you of traumatic experiences.

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People should be judged on the materialistic objects they claim to have possession of.

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Owning things that owners perceive to have semantic value are considered timeless.

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Prominent characteristics of certain items can be used to draw comparisons of the maker and owner.

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Men are more likely to own historically significant and practical items and females tend to own things which are aesthetically pleasing.

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All forms of ownership are merely temporary, because ownership expires when the owner dies or chooses to relinquish it.

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If you are passionate about something, related materialistic objects can help connect you more with that thing you are passionate about.

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Females tend to own things due to companionship and emotional purposes more than males do.

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Items which are particularly hard to produce and require remarkable hand craftsmanship can be seen as admiration of the entire process and life cycle and not just the end product.

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An individual’s past experiences and emotional volatility can cause him/her to have the desire to own things which may be evocative and relate to themselves.

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Owning something that is considered exclusive and rare increases one’s self worth and value.

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Money enlarges our sense of self because it enlarges our imagination of all that we might have and do

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An owner has an implied right to allow or deny other users permission to use the object, and this right cannot be withdrawn.

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Our possessions are ours and we can do what we wish with it, within law, until we die then it is not ours anymore

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A general function of possessions across the age continuum is to provide us with a concrete sense of our past

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A person who owns a nice home, a new car, good furniture, the latest appliances, is recognized by others as having passed the test of personhood in our society

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We seek to express ourselves through possessions and use material possessions to seek happiness, remind ourselves of experiences, accomplishments, and other people in our lives, and even create a sense of life after death.

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People in society believe that the more possessions or objects someone has the greater their worth is

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Materialistic possessions leads to an individual being greedy

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Goods are worshipped by consumers and believed to have magical powers to bring happiness

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Having possessions can thus contribute to our capabilities for either doing or being

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Objects in our possession can literally extend self, as when a tool or weapon allows us to do things of which we would otherwise be incapable

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We invest "psychic energy" in an object to which we have directed our labour, time, and attention. This energy and its products are regarded as a part of self because they have grown or emerged from the self.