It makes you spend your monyz instead of scroogeing it under a mattress, thus fueling our awesome economy. Mony's meant to be spent! And if miners create value by processing transactions, so does Visa 
I disagree, I think this consuming pressure isn't good for our society. It is way better we buy stuff, because we want it and not because we fear our money will buy us less otherwise.Yes, Visa does create a form of value just like the miners. The value of a service, in this case the processing of transactions.