Nowadays consumer goods have become the most important part of people’s

lives. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

As the living standards of people become advanced and upgraded as time passes
by, consumer goods are also introduced to people as a possible choice to buy as
luxurious products designed for them. In today era, there is an alarmingly high
rate of people considering consumer goods as their essential components in their
lives. Practicing consumerism may have its own benefits, however, the drawbacks
have larger, profound and more immediate impact on humans’ lives.
In terms of mental well-being, purchasing consumer goods may somehow provide
individuals with delightfulness and pleasure. In other words, it can make people
think that they are superior compared with those who cannot afford them and as
a result, they feel certain kinds of joyfulness as a sense of achievement. On the
other hand, consumer goods can contribute to more creations of comparison and
competitions among people and this consequently leads to emotional abuse and
chaos. For example, people certainly have a lot of tendency to feel pressure and
stress whenever one of their peers or colleagues buy something luxurious and
meanwhile, they are not in their sufficient financial amounts to purchase one.
With regards to the human civilization standards, the more number of people
being affordable to buy consumer goods is the primary evidence of more
advanced and upgraded civilization standards compared with the past. In the
past, people had to struggle at an extreme extent only to undergo basic essential
needs of life such as shelter, food and water and therefore, purchasing something
costly as a means of happiness seemed to be an almost impossible option. On
contrary, the evolution of human civilization standards is making progress in the
facades but yet, the truth value of being humans seems to be lost. For example,
money spent on products which people regard as an alternative method to bring
joy is indeed a waste and instead, the area where it ought to be used should focus
on the less fortunate people across the globe.
In conclusion, people prioritizing consumer goods as crucial items of their lives, in
deed, brought striking disadvantages in mental health and humans evolutional
standards which surely have more prominent effects upon humans’ lives rather
than its advantages.