Consumerism

The consumerism in the American culture is something that has grown since the United States chose the capitalism as its economic system, and nowadays has become a way of life in the American society. First at all, consumerism is a social trend where people buy more things that the things they basically need, and it began when US choose capitalism as its economic system. The capitalism is an economic system that is based in the existence of “goods” and establishes that the creation and trade of these goods brings profits to the rest of the society. As an example the trade of a product for example a cup, generates wealth to the producer, distributor, the enterprise that sells the material etc. In difference with other cultures the U.S. became the richest country after the world wars and this meant that the US citizens also became richer and their work was more profitable. American citizens started to categorize other people by their economic status and wealth, and in the American culture the economic status is taken as the reward of hard work. So the way to demonstrate that you're more powerful or that you work more or make more profit is spending more and getting more goods. The problem when you start to buy things is that you start to give value to things that you don't need, and every time you need more to be happy. Also consumerism represents a lack of values because consumerism persons think that it is better to worry about what you have rather than who you are. This in my opinion is the major fault of this system