Sociology 2172A/B Lecture 4: Sociology 2172 Lecture 4
31 Jan 2017
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Burger king commercial of ronald macdonald ordering their burger. Mall has become part of our landscape consumerism more efficient. We sent our wives, husbands, children, and grandparents (cid:498)we invented credit cards, suburban shopping malls, and day care just to make our out to work, just to pay for all the stuff we wanted need to buy. (cid:499) (cid:883)9(cid:887)(cid:882): we spend money we(cid:495)ve earned to buy things we need to impress we like. (cid:884)(cid:882)(cid:882)(cid:882): we spend money we haven(cid:495)t earned to buy thins we don(cid:495)t need to impress people we don(cid:495)t like. Shopping has become an addiction, there are rehab places to go. Consumerism is the preoccupation with the acquisition of good to satisfy needs through material things. How have we reached this point? developing world uses. The average north american uses 30x the number of good that someone in the. The industrial world population are (cid:884)(cid:882)% of the world(cid:495)s population, but using.
