What consumerism really is, at its worst is getting people to buy things that don't actually improve their lives.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We live in an era of consumerism and it's all about desire-based consumerism and it has nothing to do with things we actually need.
Consumerism is so weird. It's a sort of conspiracy we collude in. You'd think shoppers spending their hard-earned cash would be highly critical. You know that the manufacturers are trying to have you on.
That's the kind of consumer society we live in. We're always looking for the next product that's going to change your life instead of just going out and changing your life.
The folly of endless consumerism sends us on a wild goose-chase for happiness through materialism.
A consumer doesn't take anything away: he doesn't actually consume anything. Giving the same thing to a thousand consumers is not really any more expensive than giving it to just one.
Consumer society tantalises us. We then try within ourselves to control the needs that are being constantly stimulated.
My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can't make your children carry.
Consumers have not been told effectively enough that they have huge power and that purchasing and shopping involve a moral choice.
Children have adopted a consumerist attitude - I dare you to entertain me.
People buy products if they're better.