These days many of us prefer to throw damaged things away, whereas in the past people used to repair damaged items and keep them for a long time. Explain why you think this change has happened? What are the effects of this change in attitude

Nowadays people prefer to throw damaged things away, while in the past people used to repair them and keep them for a long period. People are changing with time,
also
their expectations and demands are increasing. People do not care anymore about the
value
of things or items, as soon as the item is damaged, that's it, it is ready to be thrown in the bin. In the past things had more
value
in comparison to
this
century. People used to appreciate more and the things had
also
more
value
and importance. People in the past knew how much they struggled to get something they liked, they knew how much effort was needed to purchase things,
that is
the reason why the object had more
value
. Nowadays, people throw away things as soon as they get damaged, because they think that the money that will be used for the reparation of the item,
instead
it is better to directly purchase the new item. For
this
reason the values of the objects
is decreasing
Suggestion
are decreasing
. People's salaries are increased and most of the people are living
luxury
Suggestion
luxurious
lives,
this
is the reason why for many is not a matter to throw away things that had cost a fortune,
instead
of repairing them they throw them away.
Levish
Suggestion
Lavish
luxury lives are making people be careless about their damaged things; things are loosing their values. For me it is hard to throw away a damaged thing, because with that damaged thing
i
refers to the speaker or writer
I
have spent time and
i
refers to the speaker or writer
I
have memories with it. I would
instead
repair it.
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