"In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy." -Ivan Illich (1926-2002)
Consumerism is taking over our lives. Everyone is either always buying needless things or wants, but cannot afford, these needless things. The quote above, by Ivan Illich, proves that point. He says that everyone is either a "prisoner of addiction" or a "prisoner of envy." This means that some people are addicted to buying; they always need to buy more. The other half wants what the wealthy have, but cannot seem to afford it. Based on all of the information we have read on this topic, consumerism is a bad thing. People become too greedy and obsessive with buying all the time that they are "slaves" to the society. No good comes out of a consumer society.
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Wow--this make a great activity--to decide which one we are.
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