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Do you approve or condemn the consumer society
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11 июня 2007 20:57
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Do you approve or condemn the consumer society. What is the way out of vicious circle, when people keep buying. Can compulsive shopping be compared to other addictions, like drugs or alcohol?
At first I’d like to say that shopping is one of the things that we can’t live without. What I mean is that they are so usual in our life that we find it really simple moreover it is really necessary for everyone. However we can divide people in to two categories. The first one consists of people who are going shopping only when they need it. Of course they know about the latest fashion however they don’t go shopping nearly every day.
On the other hand, there are another category of people, who visit shops nearly more then other places. it is called “consumer society. Many of us in developed societies are in a vicious circle. We work hard so that we can earn more money. when we have more money we spend more. Because we spend more we have to work harder. This circle goes round and round. The result is not increased happiness, but more stress and less free time to be ourselves and be with our families and friends.
As a society, it’s high time that we took these issues more seriously. We should insist that advertising is more controlled. We should also make sure that there are constructive ways for young people to use there free time apart from spending money. on a personal level we ought to visit the shops less and worry less about our image. Above all we should remember that “being” and “doing” are much important then “having”
So to sum up I’d like to say that there are some people who are suffering from buying a lit of things, on the other hand it’s not a disease so we can stop it. Nevertheless it may be not a problem that should be solved in the first time.
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