How does our consumption of luxury goods impact on people in the developing world and on the environment?
We live in an affluent, developed country in which most Australias have their material needs met. To a significant degree, Australia is a consumer-driven society, in which success and personal fulfillment are measured by the gain of material things. Consumerism and overconsumption has for many Australians become a way of life, in which they experience confusion between their needs and wants. The Australian dream now seems to incorporate more than just home ownership ... bigger houses, bigger vehicles, bigger televisions, and better expectations. Has materialism gone mad, or are Australians just becoming more conscious as consumers?
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Our enormously productive economy ... demands that we make consumption our way of life, that we convert the buying and the selling of goods into rituals, that we seek our spiritual satisfaction, our ego satisfaction in commodities . .. We need things consumed, burned up, worn out, replaced, and discarded at an ever increasing rate. [Durning 1991:153]. according to above, its what keeps our economy strong. maybe we should stop making this an individual issue and start thinking collectively! question the fundamental system that socitey is based on, check out the website for more info: http://www.storyofstuff.com/
What is consumerism anyways
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