Consumerism

There were many big ideas we have seen in the World, facism, communism, democracy, religion etc. but only one of them has reached to peak and came to our daily life, consumerism.
Consumerism threatens many part of our lives, it corrupts our social life and environment.
Consumerism is not only the consumption but also being convinced by advertisements, TV, magazines and newspaper to buy more and more everyday.
They dictate society that consuming is a big great idea and if we buy more, our lives will be better.
We became shopaholics.
We buy food which come from far and we don’t know what the actual cost is.
While we are buying more and more, we are preparing the world to the end. The eco-system is close to collapse.
In the history, people thought that only the men which has money and power can consume, but others can’t. The poor ones thought that they have God and after death they will go to better place.
After the capitalism was born, consumerism got important.
When the shopping stores opened, shopping became an important activity. They presented the society a dream world with lots of products.
Also Americans opened many shopping places, then doing shopping became the part of American Dream.
After that time, shopping became one of the most important thing in people’s life. Advertising industry developed and they made people to think that shopping is one of the desirable things.
They understood what motivated people, so they used it.
The environmentalist messages increased.
But in a time, when hippy movement appears, some people appeared who are against to capitalism and also consumerism. But they disappeared and the “Greed is Good” principle came.
According to the Jonathan Porritt: “Consumerism has become a global language that everyone understands.”
We throw out our products unconsciously. Every year we buy more products, we think we need but we waste them again. We waste energy, we waste water. And this is one of the most important threats to the