Consumerism has taken the Western World hostage over the course of the last few hundred years.
Defined loosely, this term encompasses a general social and economic order that encourages the acquisition of both goods and services in ever-increasing amounts.
Capitalism, at its very core, is fundamentally reliant on these behaviour patterns, with the constant and widespread itch for more spurring endless arrays of both corporate and nationwide growth and enrichment.
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