The Issue Of Today 's Society

What do I consider to be the single most important societal problem? Well that is a big thing to think about. I think that how parents are raising their children to have no respect to others, their age is one thing but letting them have no respect to adults such as teachers and people waiting on them that is a whole other thing, is something that has gotten way out of control in this generation. Children are having attitudes and being rude to people who are only trying to help them. They don’t seem to care that the people are trying their best to please them but it never seems to matter. In these children’s eyes these adults are not helping them they are simply there to be their “servant”. Raising your children to have respect is not a

Consumerism leads to self-gratification and the loss of life’s important values such as friendship, love and religion; this is an ever-growing issue that manipulates and deceives society and has done so since the beginning of the technological age.

Consumer culture today is thriving – but not necessarily in a good way. As consumer culture thrives, we have desires for products and services. Consumer spending is a major part of a country’s/world’s economy and that makes the economy strong but the aftermath is an unsustainable lifestyle. Although, Wall-E didn’t indicate exactly what caused consumers to destroy the planet and then flee for the sake of human survival, there are many guesses that can be made as to how it happened. One of the major points made in class during week eight was the fact that the world is becoming overpopulated. This major issue can possibly be

In America today, there are an array of issues that our society faces daily.The society we live in today, has been lost to a generation of apathetic and depressed individuals. Thus so, causing one of America's leading social issues. Obesity can be blamed on a number of things: lack of physicality, GMOs, and socioeconomic status.

In consumerism Woodhouse starts off by telling his audience what consumerism is. Woodhouse also talks about the benefits of it such as “stimulating the economy and facilitating peoples’ liberties to shape their identities and cultures”. This is followed by the downside of consumerism that it is “a manipulated and environmentally destructive habit leading to too many units of stuff being designed, produced, advertised, sold, and discarded”. This brief introduction really helps lay the foundation for the rest of the article and foreshadows what will be talked about.

Teenagers and underage drivers, who drive under the influence of alcohol, are associated to the total traffic fatalities California. The rates for underage drinking and crash fatalities in California, in relation to the total traffic fatalities, have been paralleled over the years. In 2012, the total alcohol-impaired driving fatalities in California were 803. Of those, 97 were underage drivers, (“Drunk Driving,” 2012).Vehicle fatalities alone account for a large number of deaths reported in the state. Averages of about 3,000 deaths were reported annually between the years of 2008 – 2012. Table 1 reviews the total number of traffic fatalities reported in California for the years previously mentioned, and it compares that

Consumerism often causes people to identify with a product or brand on a personal level. Certain products have come to represent different levels of society, with swankier products like muscle cars indicating high class and such products as generic “store brand” shampoo indicating low class. People feel that they have relationships with their favorite brands and products and define themselves by what they buy and own. The mass production of cheap products uses precious fossil fuels at an alarming rate. This has an obvious negative impact on the environment.

“We no longer live life. We consume it.” (Vicki Robin) All of us live in a consumer based era, where it’s out with the old and in with the new. “Consumerism is an economic theory which states that a progressively greater level of consumption is beneficial to the consumers.” ( Since the 1800s and the Industrial Revolution the world has been consuming at higher rates than ever. The Revolution allowed products to be available in enormous quantities in faster production rates. At a glance, consumerism may seem like a way of life, but many of us are unaware of the underlying consequences that it poses in our culture. Pollution, food shortages, and

Since time immemorial, humans have been helping each other in hard situations. There is a famous saying from Gandhi, who says: “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” Nowadays, it is one of the most crucial issues in our world, so we can see a vast number of charities with various purposes everywhere. For instance, some of them are for fighting against cancer or other illnesses, some for helping hungry and homeless people, and above all, war victims. There are different opinions on the best way to apply this worthy cause. To put this subject into perspective, perhaps it would be better to look objectively at two major ideas on this contentious matter.

Consumerism is the cause of this disagreement as consumerism leads people to want the same Nike sneakers or Coca-Cola soda. Simmer-Brown understands that this is the goal of corporations to indoctrinate people into these unlimited wants and consumer habits because it will allow them to make money. This concept is where the author condemns consumerism and argues that it is bad for society as a whole. The evidence she uses for this argument is based on the Buddhist teachings or not allowing wants to control the human mind. The teachings of Buddhism acknowledge the devastation want can cause to society and the ecological landscape of the world which strengthens the argument. The use of ancient teachings adds an authentication behind the argument. The author has an underlying message that the issue of global consumerism is not a new problem, however recently society has fallen into its

Consumerism is damaging to our society, in our North American society consumerism is often portrayed to be a negative aspect of people’s lives. However, one can also argue positive effects that result from consumerism, or emphasize on the negative effects of consumerism and how it can be a constraining force in one’s own life. Consumerism is an idea of an economic policy that the market is shaped by the choice of the consumer and continues to emerge to shape the world’s mass markets. Some of the negative effects of consumerism that many critics may argue and that will be further emphasized on are the overexploitation of consumerism which has lead to economic poverty, and increase

Materialism has a firm grip on the minds of people in first world countries. People from all social classes lavishly blow thousands of dollars on apparel and accessories. Brands are praised in our society through media and marketing exposing everyone to materialism including myself. Even though that high price could be compromised for a form of aid for the less fortunate from other parts of the world that cannot afford clothing. People in first world countries spend ludacris amounts of money on apparel, while people in third world countries cannot even afford to wear clothing.

Consumption, we describe as the act of meeting basic needs with material goods and the practice of consuming as a way of life is ‘consumerism’ ( Kennedy 173). The ideology that the meaning of life is found in buying things has really caused majority to spend almost their monthly salary on goods and services in search of utility. This excessive recreational spending also plays a part in increase of inflation, also has made more money in circulation.

The most critical social problem of the 21st century is Capitalism. Capitalism today is what use to be the color line as defined in the early 1900s by W. E. B Du Bois as: the question of the relation of the advanced races of men who happened to be white to the great majority of the undeveloped or half-developed nations of mankind who happen to be yellow, brown or black (Karenga). As Du Bois researched the color line, Capitalism in America is a systemic system of oppression transcended through time and space. In the 20th century, systems of systemic oppression were overt and known methods of suppression, alienation and repression, while today they are more covert in both practice and those who oppress.

This paper aimed to explore and reflect on the consumption experience I had during last Christmas. Goals and suggestions to improve that experience would also be carried out as to consolidate the positive aspects and to prevent the negative aspects of consumption happen again next time. Consumerism became a dominant ideology in many societies, consumers consume goods in large quantities, and this behavior can benefit the country by better off its economy. However, some negative consumer behavior come along with it, climate change and increase of solid waste are examples of prolong impacts which may brought by those behavior. Being a consumer, except enjoying our consumer rights, we should also take our consumer responsibilities seriously.