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                             Consumerism in the Global C ommunity    Everyone "consumes" things whether its groceries, clothes or services. Being a consumer is part of life, we need to buy things to survive, but that is different than "consumerism".  Consumerism is a marketing term, by definition: "increasing the consumption of goods and other services purchased is always the goal and people's happiness depends on it".  https://www.educba.com/essay-on-consumerism/   This link :  https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/28/too-much-stuff-can-we-solve-our-addiction-to-consumerism  is an article about Chip Colwell's experience and how he feels about consumerism. This piece in my opinion is a great example of how consumerism is something people tend to not think about; it is normalized and he talks about wanting to make a change. In our culture it is very...