Alan Scorkey Materialism

Material World

Material culture or materialism refers to objects as resources and spaces that people use to define their culture. In which cultural value placed on the accumulation of material possessions, a process in which people base their sense of themselves, their well-being, and social standing on possession- Ashley Crossman. Such aspects of culture are used to define one’s social status. Where in the west, the standards of living has never been higher. To a point a ‘hyper-reality’ started to form in our society where it affects everyone’s expectation of life. The main source of these pressure is from people closest to them such as parents and mainly friends and society at large.

How are we pressured to conform and consume in today’s

In a sense, materialism is opposed to spiritualism “Consumption is... the healer, the entertainer, the lover, the spiritual, the feeder and the consolation. It is the chief rival to God in our culture.” –Alan Storkey Materialism is about buying and possessing things that distract us for a short while, and after a while, the cycle repeats. This stops us from creating, producing, and discovering true happiness, and the meaning of life. people are constantly stuck in this cycle that seeks for a short term satisfaction and disregarding the future. Just like in the old testament, people always gives up the good things that God offers them, for those false promises, for delusions. This is a part of the human condition where a majority only seek contemporary satisfaction while ignoring the long term. Where people slowly becoming products to others just for their possessions and social status. Jesus has challenged self-righteous attitudes, served the poor, embrace life and live out of God’s ideas for the future. While with the interference of materialism and consumerism, religion rather than a whole life commitment and seek enlightenment, which has been misunderstood by many, taking out teachings such as sex, karma, suspicion of materialism, devolving religion into an accessory. Which are been used for just another ‘requirement’ to fit in. where many

There is no solution to fixing this system’s design flaw. It is driving society deeper into despair and depression. Where there will be no consumption without production. In other means that are the population consumes more than it produces, which will be very unsustainable. Consumerist culture is not about what people buy, it is to convince the consumer that they need something that may not have any use for. This creates cultures that are more concerned with instant relief rather than gratification growth, development and improvements that would be able to provide for actual needs, which in order to find a solution the massive corporation will need to change. From ‘How can we make money encouraging people to consume more’ into ‘how can we make money encouraging people to consume less’, in order for this to happen, is for money to be disconnected from politics. Votes are the primary focuses. Where nothing but the vote should determine the election outcome and what that ‘person’ does in office. End those politician’s needs favours with those individuals that are wealthy enough to privately fund their campaign. End the loopholes on the tax code in which needed to be shortened and simple enough for high school students to read and have a comprehensive understanding to, and by stating clearly by “Make x, pay y. Make a, pay b” which