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I felt the Affluenza video brought up a lot of somewhat disturbing issues that are a part of our everyday lives. Affluenza is defined as the social disease caused by consumerism, commercialism and rampant materialism. It is characterized as an unhealthy relationship with money, creates stress, bankruptcies, and even cause problems in relationships. Advertisers who promote and shape our consumer culture seek to condition us to the idea that by trading our life energy for the money needed to buy their product, we will fulfill our hopes for power, happiness, security, acceptance, success, fulfillment, achievement, and personal worth. We have more stuff, but less time, and our quality of life seems to be deteriorating and the disease is sweeping the U.S.
Approximate Word count = 438 Approximate Pages = 1.8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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