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Nowadays consumer goods have become the most important part of people’s lives. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

#consumer #goods #part #people’s #lives #outweigh
In
this
 time and age consumer goods have gained a
lot
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 importance with
this
 import and export businesses have flourished a lot. In my point of view, in
this
 modern
world
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world,
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 these goods hold an important value in
people
's lives and surely their benefits
outweight
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outweigh
 the drawbacks. In the past
people
 used to live a simple life with limited resources but with the advent of time things have changed and
people
 now have surrounded themselves with plenty of things and needs. Some basic necessities of life are clothing, food gadgets, electronics and others and these are making lives easier
as
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 providing
plethora
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a plethora
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 of advantages. An outstanding example of
this
 is
variety
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a variety
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 that we have now in choosing things we have so many alternatives in today's
world
.
For example
, technology
have
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 made communication and life easier everything is just one click away and it has changed
world
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 into a global village.
Furthermore
,
production
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 of consumer
good
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goods
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 is a profitable business and
providing
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 jobs around the
world
 in factories.
To sum up
,
production
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the production
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 of goods
are
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is
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 making lives
esaier
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easier
 and providing income
to
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for
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 most
of
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apply
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people
 so for sure
advantages
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the advantages
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outweight
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outweigh
 the disadvantages.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • mass production
  • consumerism
  • economic growth
  • environmental degradation
  • natural resources
  • overconsumption
  • waste management
  • landfill
  • social inequality
  • materialism
  • financial strain
  • mental well-being
  • quality of life
  • job creation
  • productivity
  • pollution
  • deforestation
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