This document discusses consumerism and overconsumption. It defines consumerism as an economic and social ideology that encourages acquiring ever-increasing amounts of goods and services. It argues that our productive economy demands we convert buying and using goods into rituals and find spiritual and ego satisfaction in consumption. However, compulsively buying things does not make people happier and materialistic values may stem from insecurities and are linked to lower life satisfaction. Overconsumption is killing the planet, ruining economies, and creating inequality for no reward while also harming health, finances, and creativity. A break from this cultural trance is desperately needed.

1. Institute technologic of Saltillo
Distance Education
Sustainable Development
Activity 3.5 Lifestyles - assignment
Prof. DR. JUAN CARLOS LOYOLA LICEA
Al. Eduardo Valerio Méndez #15050140
Saltillo Coahuila
Thursday March 7, 2017

2. Consumerism
Consumerism is a social and economic order and ideology that encourages the
acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts.
Consumerism is one of the strongest forces affecting our lives in the modern world.
The term ‘consumerism’ does not simply refer to immediate factors in our daily lives
such as the omnipresence of advertising, but anything connected to the overarching
idea in our modern society that in order to be happier, better and more successful
people we have to have more stuff

3. Our enormously productive economy demands that
we make consumption our way of life, that we
convert the buying and use of goods into rituals, that
we seek our spiritual satisfactions, our ego
satisfactions, in consumption.
We need to think before to buy, if you need or no

4. I think every time more Mexican people following the USA in they
habits of buying more and more unnecessary, because all the
person liked American product.

5. Buying compulsively does not make us happier
Materialistic values may stem from early insecurities and are
linked to lower life satisfaction, psychologists find. Accruing more
wealth may provide only a partial fix.

6. we are killing our planet, ruining our economy and creating massive
social inequality all for no reward whatsoever.
this massive over-consumption also ruins our health, personal
finances and creative capacity.
We desperately need to break out of this very dangerous and self-
destructive cultural trance.