Consumerism vs. Materialism
Despite the failing economy, or perhaps because of it, much is being made these days about the perils and pitfalls of our consumer society. We rue what we canât have or what weâve lost when things go sour; when everythingâs rosy, itâs easy to ignore our bad habits. There is a bit of the flavor of slamming the barn door after the horse has fled, but pundits still defend us for having been unwittingly trained to consume so as to build our consumer economy, environmental