Consumerism In Our World, Addiction Or Modality

Consumerism in our world, addiction or modality

Introduction

We live in a world where the dependence of acceptance towards your environment lies from material and social things, however we agree a large number of individuals with similar and somewhat peculiar tastes around us.

It is no accident that companies both focused on raw material and social continue to point towards the peak of monetary development and this thanks to the trends that occur worldwide. Consumer margins are a consequence of the new ideas for the ease of your daily life, such as exotic food consumption (food not necessary for required eating), beauty material products and that there is also a risk thatWhether toxic chemicals (makeup, perfumes and everything related to cosmetiquera), clothing or accessories (animal -based material), diamonds (since past times, people have seen themselves enslaved or being poorly paid and mistreated, by the processing ofThese products), virtual money (this being one of the years where Bitcoin has been consumed most and where it is normally used in virtual purchases towards video game trends, “Forex” which is a currency market and online sales market of various products).

But this is really a fashion or addiction developed by the influence of our youth? Of course, this issue is not only a reference towards minor people, because in some way we are all involved before this, whether with great influx or not.

Contents

A point to take into account before this is that young people who are currently in the upper level study (University) are less likely to consume at large or extreme levels, because there are moderate manifestations in their economic behavior and therefore carry a controlled managementIn its monetary administration, however, the regime of its consumption remains outside its existence.

Raising the issue of minors and I notice it, since the world is evolving and the minor, the mentality also, together with the worldwide trends where it is already more noticeable that brands want to take advantage of it,implementing new peculiarities for young people. Let us not rule out or make a minority to this stage, because it is where it is most consumed and where there are more trade in all kinds of products, companies take advantage of their digital platform. But being so, why do children have greater consumption?, Will it be because parents do not give enough supervision or importance to their child’s growth? Or is it more for comfort? There are many questions that root this topic that we can answer with too many answers too, but the most important thing is how does this affect young people?

Now speaking of the elderly, who have much more accessibility to a purchase or daily consumption, without third parties dependence and who have other fundamental needs for their daily life, of course, including their tastes without highlighting which ones or how many or how many or how many or how many or how many or how many or how many or how many or how many or how many. Sometimes we feel rooted for not having what we want, for not acquiring what we like and we even feel out of context with society, when we do not actually focus on obtaining what we need and in what is really going toHelp, we believe that we are outside the line that others are following the simple fact that they are "enjoying" their "freedom". From our childhood psychologically we have lacThat slope is already obtained, we acquired it.

Or as the writer Bahuman shows us in this text “The recipes to achieve a good life and the necessary accessories for that achievement have expiration date, but almost everyone will cease to be usable before that date, diminished, devalued and stripped of their attractionsfor the competition of new and better offers ". (Bauman, 2000). As time progresses, the world is evolving and with it too and we have to do it, we cannot stay behind, but not everyone see it that way, there are those who see it as a road or a competition from those who get something first or who has the most, the funny thing is that this becomes a vicious circle of never stopping.

"No prize is satisfactory enough to strip the other awards" (Bauman, 2000). We are not satisfied with what is obtained and therefore we want to obtain even more, without measuring the consequences of such actions, we want to have the "freedom" to obtain what we want, when in reality we are tied to consumption, which also forms a chain, becauseThis leads to more and more people.

The people of our era, suffer for not being able to have the entire world. We tend to see the lives of others as an artistic work and when noticing it in that way, it makes us wantThey do not entail a great monetary remuneration or valuable possession. For example, before companies sought to meet a fundamental need and seeing that society itself also advances and they feel “stagnant” decide to create needs or make them believe that they need it. However, we can say that the life of the consumer, of people has had a greater rhythm, therefore, the need to have things that help us to expedite our movements arises. A clear example is the "smartphones" smartphones which practically every year take a version of the same device and create the need to change this new model.

You cannot say or assign corporations or consumer, since one does not exist without the other. There is a very common saying that says "to the client what she asks" and applies directly to this consumerism system, where the consumer will obtain a momentary pleasure, but almost immediately he will want modifications or something better, and this is where the corporations listen to theircustomers and quickly generate the product they ask for creating a vicious circle.

We cannot say that consumerism is bad or a collective unconsciousness, that would be a fairly complex statement, since we also understand that it has provided opportunities to small and medium enterprises, due to the same demand that consumerism generates, also in turn causes agreater competition in the market that allows the birth and growth of these corporate entities.

A healthy competition in the market will always generate better products, since it is not only about improving the product, but about offering better quality than my direct competition. This expands opportunities and elections for consumers. This will cause more people to be hired, and jobs will increase, or at least what is thought and expect.

conclusion

With all this we can say that consumerism has become a reality of all, one where we not only meet needs, but also pleasures and tastes. A reality in which we always fall and many times without awareness.

At the moment in which our consumption is logical, intelligent and conscious, we will have dominated, not only the system, but also the system. If we thought more about what we consumed, we would consume less than we thought and maintain a satisfied and healthy life.

But all this is not as easy as saying it, since it is practically changing or molding a lifestyle of many years, it is like wanting to change the way of eating an old man, it is extremely difficult because what it does is not just a characteristic thatHe describes it, but already his lifestyle.

And the reality is that in the society in which we live is consumerist, or mostly, so the issue would no longer be in that it ceases to be, if not to consume intelligently, there could be the answer.

Bibliography

• Bauman, Z. (2000). Liquid modernity. Argentina, Buenos Aires: AV. Picacho Ajco.