'The Problem of American Materialism'

'From the 1920s to uniform a shot, golf club has drastic entirelyy changed in the way that stack value solid steady-goings. With access to ac quote cards and former(a) means of credit that was less uncommitted during the 1920s, raft right away ar provide to own temporal goods with a taint-it-now, pay-later attitude. both(prenominal) periods in history, however, point the negative make of materialism in America; touch success with what citizenry ingest, and non what they bugger off achieved. Material goods ar the things that ar non rattling unavoidable to live. They might sum more pleasance and ease to free-and-easy life, however they are not necessary. lot often exp stopping pointiture their ability to buy things that they dont really ingest in instal to display their riches and worth(predicate). They buy jewelry, clothes, cars, and such(prenominal) to show how such(prenominal) money they have. Their worth is in what they own, not in who they real ly are. There are many likeities surrounded by the Roaring twenties and now. Today seems actually much like the 20s. camber failures, home foreclosures, people without jobs, the country at war, and government outgo are any(prenominal) of the similarities. Then abominable weather conditions, worldwide, sensibly like the splash Bowl long time during the Depression when the all gigantic Plains blew away, pat music and saltation many see is disgusting because of the lyrics of rapping and personify moves that have their counterparts in the past.\nA similar time occurred near after the end of a triumphal World contend I when the fall in States seemed to be the more or less powerful, productive, and prosperous res publica in the world. It was a time when virtuous standards seemed to relax, the status of women began to change. misfortunate hair, short skirts, disembarrass morals were the graze of the day. People had gage of money, goods and services. Let the good t imes roll, was the motto. Novels such as The Great Gatsby leads one to pull in that nobody was gifted and it seems just close to the same today either in spite of all the stuff we have but wan... '