Response Paper

The citizens of the United States of America are known for their strong sense of freedom. Take that freedom away, and there would be a prodigious riot that traverses across the country. However, the same freedom that Americans thrive on, are slowly poisoning the minds of the masses. Consumerism is the name; the plan is to slowly take over the population, and it has. Consumerism is both beneficial and detrimental to society, and freedom would not exist without the need people have to buy new and innovative items.

PROMISE surveys the family members of deceased veterans through The Family Assessment of Treatment at the End of Life (FATE) questionnaire (DVA, 2012). Along with survey feedback and medical records, the Veteran’s quality of end-of-life services are measured and disseminated. The report findings are issued quarterly to health facilities as well as the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) leadership, and the VA Central Office (DVA, 2012).

Capitalism is an unnatural perversion of society in Marx and Engel’s The Communist Manifesto. It is constantly consumptive, unable to exist without further expansion. It warps society through its exploitation of labor and the class that provides it. The Communist Manifesto goes beyond just a sociopolitical critique of capitalism, and adds otherworldly, almost Gothic elements. Repeated supernatural, fantastical language reinforces the idea that capitalism is an illegitimate twist of the natural state of human affairs.

However, even though the subject matter of the Marxist struggle has changed through time, the very quintessential nature of capitalistic mode of production remained unchanged, for it is profit-driven and turns all cultural spheres into mass marketed commodities. Within the domain of cultural industry, the notions of authenticity and resistance become utopian, illusionary and fake; social

In this response paper the event will be over Vincent Van Gogh. We went over a presentation of him. The presentation was in Art Appreciation Class at RSU. We watched a YouTube video about the starry night song and pictures of his paintings. In the music video by Don McLean Starry Starry night he sings about Van Gogh’s life.

‘Brave New World’ by Aldous Huxley is a science-fiction book in which people live in a future society and a place called the World State. In this book, Aldous Huxley used the definition of consumerism to describe the behaviors of the citizens of the World State. Various behaviors and conducts of the people of the World State were related to the act of consumerism and pursuing happiness from them. Generally, by consuming anything such as soma, people and knowledge, citizens of the World State sought for happiness. However, those practices of consumerism also blinded the truth among the citizens of the World State.

Since my last response paper, my response paper has become more nuanced. Specifically, I have developed my stance as to be in favor of encryption, human rights, and a utilitarian framework. After looking to the literature, I have developed my opinions more thoroughly and tend to lean towards preventing the social and economic ramifications of limited encryption.

In Capital, Karl Marx reveals the ugly truth that capitalism lays on the foundation of class exploitation. Without such exploitation, there is no profit to be made and capitalism will cease to exist. Capitalism, which relies on the reproduction of capital, creates and concentrates wealth to a small portion of society’s population while reproducing poverty and widening the size of inequality.

Tessa Braeuning Mrs.Gilbert Honors Brit Lit May 5, 2015 Brave New World Rough Draft In the novel, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, there is a new type of society that is a lot different from ours today. The people there aren’t naturally birthed by a man and a woman, they are created in a lab like a science experiment.

The purpose of this essay is to outline the argument that a ‘consumer society’ makes and remakes ‘inequality’. However, it is important to understand first what is meant by a consumer society and how ‘inequality’ relates to it. Therefore, this essay will first outline what a consumer society means before we define the term ‘inequality’ more closely.

‘Capitalism’ can be loosely defined as ‘An economic and political system in which countries trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.’ Being the driving

“Since the end of the Second World War the USA has been transformed into a society where the national economy depends to a large extent on private consumption; and where mass acquisition and use of material goods is the dominant lifestyle, the centerpiece of social practices, leisure time, cultural rituals and celebrations. We refer to it as consumer society.”

Every so often… to correct that every day, hour or minute something new comes out. May it be the daily smartphone that aims to fill the already deep pockets of the big CEO’s sitting in their high-rise office, adding to the growing multibillion dollar electronics industry? Or the clothing line from the new designer that everyone hypes about? Consumerism is something that flues the fire, also known as the 21th century disease of materialism. Although an alarming issue everywhere today, I believe none is more precedent that of the United States, a society in its own right whose consumerism is as staggering as it is worrying. Why the United States? Because it is a symbol of the Western society, the consumerism capital. Further this is in conjunction with the generation of today, us the fore-runners of this blind quest for material dominance, within an ever expanding materialistic society. We buy more, receive more, and want more, yet we don’t seem to be any happier, a coloration to consumerism that finds it roots within the American society, the generation of today and its values.

Theorists began to recognize capitalism as pre-industrial society developed economically and major social changes began to occur. Modernization resulted in industrialization, urbanization and bureaucratization as the workplace shifted from the home to the factory, people moved from farms into cities where jobs were more readily available and large-scale formal organizations emerged. Classical theorists’ observations addressed numerous facets of social organization and interaction that came about as a result of modernization; however this essay will focus on their ideas regarding capitalism and the capitalistic society. Over

There is an ongoing argument in philosophy to whether or not the market should be constrained to certain goods and services, as well as how much power governments should have when intervening in a regulated market. Most people believe that certain goods and services should be kept out of the market due to the fact that these certain goods and services should not be bought and sold in the first place. For example, markets in organs and blood, sex, and pregnancy surrogacy. In this paper, I intend on discussing two opposing views about market commodification. The first being Elizabeth Anderson, she argues that certain goods and services should not be for sale in a market, this is because the spread of these certain goods and services in markets would corrupt peoples personal and civic values. Also, Anderson is opposed to the commodification of these certain goods and services, like blood, sex, and pregnancy surrogacy, because it can easily exploit the people who sell them. In opposition to Anderson, Brennan and Jaworski argue in defense of commodification, but understand that not everything and anything should be allowed for sale on the market. Brennan and Jaworski argue that there are certain classes of goods and services that can be for sale and cannot be for sale. This is depending on whether or not the good or service is right to own or have in the first place. Both authors put out compelling arguments, and I will discuss each of their views on commodification. In closing I