Many people nowadays live in societies where consumer goods are relatively cheap Do you thing the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

Opinions are divided on whether it is more beneficial or detrimental when many contemporary societies are witnessing the growing affordability of consumer items.

This

essay will contend that the immediate benefits of

this

could be eclipsed by the long-term disadvantages involved. On the one hand, the fact that the rising availability of low-priced consumer

products

could be advantageous, for reasons related to the improvement of living standards and the encouragement of consumerism. With regard to the former, the prices are getting lower by day which allows a huge amount of consumers to afford a lot of facilities in order to enhance a better habitat

as well as

upgrade human interests and communication with others. Perhaps, the low-income population are the primary group that benefits much from the reduction in

price

.

Due to

the fact that they can buy a large number of

products

its

price

used to be a lot more expensive in the past, particularly household appliances and electronic devices. The popularity of low-priced

products

can encourage the development of consumerism or a consumerist

society

where tons of work including manual work and professional are created and high tax revenue is generated for the government. A quintessential example is China where the manufacturing and retailing industry grew amazingly, alleviating poverty for a million people.

Nevertheless

, I am of the view that the unfavourable impacts of

this

social movement on personal finance problems and direct damage of a throw-away

society

to our planet. Despite the reduction in the

price

of goods, a

society

towards consumerism would inspire consumers to spend more money rather than saving, the origin of "throwing money around", followed by the issues of personal finance: and credit debts,

for example

. Meanwhile, the truth is that there are a bunch of people who make unnecessary purchases

due to

the low

price

. These shopping transactions do not just go beyond their actual demand but only pursue their purpose of showing off or tend to replace

usable

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items.

This

lifestyle has contributed a significant part to creating a throw-away

society

. Quantity production involved overexploitation of our naturally limited resources

as well as

causing greater landfills and a higher "carbon footprint". Entire of

this

ecological damage can make the financial benefits above no longer sustainable

as well as

resulting

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in a less inhabitable planet. In conclusion,

although

the rising availability of low-priced consumer

products

could generate certain favourable impacts, I hold the belief that these could be far less important than the consequences associated.