The Importance Of Materialism In Society

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Materialism is the tendency to consider material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values, is a philosophy that places a high value on objects, usually considering them to be more valuable than life experiences or relationships. Society today has become a world created by the media that seems better than real life, and people indulge in new products and experiences that promise to be better than the real thing. It has become vital to develop ways of promoting well-being, social justice and spirituality in a society that has now become one that focus’ on materialism.

How are we pressured to “conform and consume” in today’s society?
Consumerism is no longer solely buying and selling products, it is an entirely …show more content…

Hyper reality is an inability of consciousness to differentiate reality from a simulation of reality. How the use of money has changed is an example of this, as a society we no longer exchange two things with similar value but instead use a debit or credit card to purchase a product where its price has little connection to its actual value. Another example of this is the shows on television that can potentially cause a person to develop views of personal relationships that are skewed by how the relationships of characters are portrayed. Media and virtual worlds are therefore causing people’s connection with the real world to become blurred with the things that see on the T.V, causing them to conform and consume within …show more content…

Society has been influenced to conform and consume in the materialism of the world which has caused for spirituality to be interfered due to material products. The break in spiritualty has become an issue to the well-being and social justice in the material world that we live in. The efforts are from advertisements or our human’s subconscious desire, many cases are having harmful results on the happiness and spiritual component of lives globally. In spite of this, communities continuously make efforts to promote spirituality and

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