Companies spend millions each year on advertising online, in magazines and on billboards. These adverts can encourage people to buy goods that they do not really need. What are the positive and negative affects of consumerism?

People can be driven to purchase more and more things by using smart adverts, and

that is

the reason, why companies spend lots of money each year on online advertisements.

Consumerism

can bring about more benefits for both society and individuals, but there are

also

drawbacks to be taken into account.

Firstly

, one evident benefit of the

consumption

of more goods in a certain society is that it can positively lead to more economic advantages to that society in the long run.

This

sends a powerful message to foreign companies to invest their money

inside

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in

this

market because these companies will be able to sell their products smoothly. These companies will create more job opportunities for the local people, and

this

will result in increasing the standard way of life

at

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in

this

community.

For example

, the Egyptian government has recently reported that the

consumption

of the Turkish goods jumped by 50 percent compared to 25 percent in the

last

year, and

this

was connected to the advertisements that have been done by the Turkish firms.

Secondly

,

consumerism

helps companies to be more creative in advertising their products and how they can subtly persuade people to buy things.

On the other hand

, one problem of

consumerism

is that it negatively leads people to unnecessary spending by using effective advertising. To put it another way, people often buy things only because of the image of power, success, and glamour associated with them.

For instance

, people generally purchase more things because they were

smartly

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smarter

convinced by an advert on TV. Another negative aspect of

consumerism

is that the more

goods

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good

people

consume the

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consume, the

more waste they create.

This

will give rise to more harmful consequences for the environment.

For instance

, around three-quarters of all the wastage in China are coming from the

consumption

of goods.

Finally

, children are considered the main reason for the

consumerism

to grow up as they are easily influenced by commercials and

then

pester their parents to buy certain products. In the long term,

this

will cause a serious problem because studies have shown a clear link between the regular

consumption

of fast food and obesity.