It is true that lately shopping has become a leisure pursuit. While it indicates our growth in terms of production, it also leads to exploitation of natural resources. I believe this change in people's habit has more demerits than merits.
To begin with, one of the reasons why people shop more often is that the purchasing power of individuals has increased. This is because the income levels have gone up, which means that after fulfilling their basic needs, they still are left with enough money to shop. Also, mostly in humans, the desire to have new material is natural; therefore, shopping has become a leisure activity nowadays. Secondly, this generation is the generation of fashion lovers. The reason for this is that fashion has become a status symbol and people are being judged if they possess obsolete stuff; thereby, indirectly forcing individuals to follow current trends.
Nevertheless, in an attempt to stay updated with the fashion, we have given rise to an unethical practice. Today, where cloths or other possessions were used to fulfil needs, we have set it as a parameter to judge someone's standard in the society. Consequently, the society would be divided into different discriminatory sections. Besides this, increase in purchases would mean heavy production of goods. As people are purchasing frequently, the old items would become useless, which ends up being dumped. This means that we are exploiting the natural resources which were initially used in the production of these goods.
In conclusion, although people going shopping frequently show that we are fashionable and our incomes are not only fulfilling our needs but also our desires, the morally wrong message this is giving to young ones and exploitation of natural resources is negatively impacting our society.
It is true that lately shopping has
become
a leisure pursuit. While it indicates our growth in terms of production, it
also
leads to exploitation of
natural
resources. I believe this
change
in
people
's habit has more demerits than merits.
To
begin
with, one of the reasons why
people
shop more
often
is that the purchasing power of individuals has increased. This is
because
the income levels have gone up, which means that after fulfilling their basic needs, they
still
are
left
with
enough
money to shop.
Also
,
mostly
in humans, the desire to have new material is
natural
;
therefore
, shopping has
become
a leisure activity nowadays.
Secondly
, this generation is the generation of fashion lovers.
The reason for this is
that fashion has
become
a status symbol and
people
are
being judged
if they possess obsolete stuff; thereby,
indirectly
forcing individuals to follow
current
trends.
Nevertheless
, in an attempt to stay updated with the fashion, we have
given
rise to an unethical practice.
Today
, where cloths or other possessions were
used
to fulfil needs, we have set it as a parameter to judge someone's standard in the society.
Consequently
, the society would
be divided
into
different
discriminatory sections.
Besides
this, increase in
purchases
would mean heavy production of
goods
. As
people
are purchasing
frequently
, the
old
items would
become
useless, which ends up
being dumped
. This means that we are exploiting the
natural
resources which were
initially
used
in the production of these
goods
.
In conclusion
, although
people
going shopping
frequently
show
that we are fashionable and our incomes are not
only
fulfilling our needs
but
also
our desires, the
morally
wrong
message this is giving to young ones and exploitation of
natural
resources is
negatively
impacting our society.