What are some of the positive and negative

aspects of consumerism in the modern world?

POSTIVES
- Helps drive the economic engine

NEGATIVES
- Does not necessarily lead to increased happiness 
- increased rates of consumption
- consumerism as a system is that it can have devastating effects on the environment.
- leads to low working standards and pay for workers.
- leads to competition between companies.

1.leads to creation developing low quality products

2.causes more pollution, resources depletion/ consumerism as a system is that it can have
devastating effects on the environment/ another effect of consumerism is the amount of waste
or trash it produces. / modern societies have struggled to deal with the large amounts of
waste produced by constant consumerism /

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