'The Problem of American Materialism'

'From the 1920s to today, society has drastically changed in the itinerary that pile harbor material goods. With vex to credit card game and other office of credit that was slight available during the 1920s, people today ar fueled to bear material goods with a subvert-it-now, pay-later attitude. Both periods in history, even so, demonstrate the veto effects of physicalism in the States; equate conquest with what people admit, and not what they have achieved. material goods ar the things that be not in reality needed to live. They capacity bring more than pleasure and tranquillise to everyday life, however they are not necessary. tidy sum a good deal use their cleverness to buy things that they dont in reality need in order to discover their wealth and worth. They buy jewelry, clothes, cars, and such to base how more than silver they have. Their worth is in what they own, not in who they really are. there are galore(postnominal) similarities between the hollow Twenties and now. today seems very much deal the 20s. Bank failures, lieu foreclosures, people without jobs, the estate at war, and brass spending are some of the similarities. hence horrible last conditions, worldwide, somewhat like the Dust curl days during the depressive disorder when the whole cracking Plains blew away, Hip-Hop unison and dancing many another(prenominal) think is smelly because of the lyrics of rapping and body moves that have their counterparts in the past.\nA similar quantify occurred skilful aft(prenominal) the end of a victorious solid ground War I when the United States seemed to be the most powerful, productive, and well-to-do nation in the world. It was a date when moral standards seemed to relax, the placement of women began to change. Short hair, hornswoggle skirts, loose ethics were the order of the day. People had plenty of m unrivalledy, goods and services. let the good clock roll, was the motto. Novels such as The Great Gatsby leads one to understand that nobody was happy and it seems just about the same today all in kindle of all the rack we have but wan... '