Affluenza Analysis

Conversely, our economy has been based on materialistic resource. Individuals see our environment as a small piece of importance, but they’re wrong. We entirely depend on our environment with everything we do in our daily lives. In the film “The American President’ Leo is unhappy with the environmental issues and is trying to convey his ideas to the president. Individuals who are concerned over our consumption have contributed to recycling, but the percentage of those people are about 4%. The other 96% are continuing to add to our pollution and waste of resource. To make a bigger impact on our environment more than 50% should contribute. Cars and factories play a big role in our pollution, causing Global Warming. People don’t notice the way they take advantage of transportation. Seeing people walk to a 2 min store destination is never seen, people prefer to drive their vehicles. Cutting down trees and destroying environments is not only affecting us,
Life was very well presented as a utopian life where everything is perfect. People back then used to be aware of who their neighbor was and had interaction with them. Now everything is the total opposite and our society has taken advantage of all the advances we have had over the years. As an individual we have all experienced our over use in cellular technology. The film “Affluenza” gives us a comparison of the evolution of technology, “cell phone ownership among adults has risen 85%” A quote that is very true that a lot of people won’t understand “people voluntarily hand over their sovereignty as Americans and citizens in exchange for things and conveniences that sap and paralyze our ability to fight the forces.” Individuals do not realize that technology has taken over our minds. People get so hype over a new release on a phone or television advance. People will camp out and miss work days just to be the first ones with the “new