Category: Consumerism

What consumerism is, at its worst is getting people to buy things that don’t improve their lives. -Jeff Bezos. Consumerism is a social and economic order that encourages the acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts without regard to the problems that it may cause to the environment and our daily lives. Although consumerism…

We live in an era of consumerism and it’s all about desire-based consumerism and it has nothing to do with things we need (Aloe Blacc). Sadly but that’s true, nowadays people spend their money on things that they don’t need. Consumerism is not a problem when people consume what they need based on their budget,…

Despite consumerism having a large effect on society, the majority of people do not truly understand the impact it has on our lives. The book Affluenza, written by John de Graff, David Wann, and Thomas Nayor, focuses on the shift in American society caused by an increase in consumerism. Similarly, the article The Consumer Culture…

Mcgregor (2006a) argues that the patterns of consumers are immoral and consumer behavior is unethical due to the negative impact on the next generations and the environment. The very definition of consumption means to consume, waste, squander, or destroy, and is synonymous with environmental destruction, the squandering of natural resources, and human exploitation. However, since…

Consumer culture can be defined as where social status, values, and activities are centered on the consumption of goods and services, basically in a consumer culture a large part of what you do, what you value, and how you are defined revolves around your consumption of stuff. The need to consume is implemented into our…

We live in a ‘throwaway society,’ which is a term used to characterize a society driven by materialism. What strategies can be used to address the problem of our ‘throwaway society’? The throw-away society is a generalized description of a human social concept strongly influenced by consumerism, whereby the society tends to use items once…

Introduction Fitzgerald explicitly explores the desolation and despair of the hedonistic Jazz Age in the tragedy The Great Gatsby through society’s plunge into moral decay. The widespread corruption of the essential foundations of the American Dream, usurped by excessive materialism and consumerism, is at the heart of the novel as success becomes synonymous with immorality.…