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Posted By: Jamie

Or both?

It's something I've recently been considering... yes, I have cards that I own and love, but is the mere attachment to the cards themselves a type of dependence?

So, are you looking at the cards, or are they looking at YOU?

Of course, we think that we own the cards, and any other kind of perspective is incomprehensible to our so-called "rational world".

But if we are gripped by the fact that we are owning something, or gripped by the determination to complete a collection or set, then isn't it true that the cards are the ones that are doing the gripping?

If anyone on this board lost their entire collection, I can imagine they'd be quite depressed. But would the cards mind? Would the card know the difference?

No, the card is just an object. In fact, the card doesn't even think it is owned - it is purely a unilateral relationship.

So then, where lies the value of the card? The value of the card is simply that other people want it. Since you own the card and others want it, that gives you POWER - a pretty potent drug. Other people are envious of you. This inflates our EGO.

So what you think - do you own your cards, or do they own YOU?