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I agree with Alex on the fact that parents and society both influence materialism. It's hard for it to be just one or the other influencing a person.

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Materialistic is usually a bad thing but depending on the situation sometimes materialistic people cant be that bad.

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I don't believe that their is a specific solution because people have their own opinion and how they act in life .

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Society, because the people you are around you evolve with their habits or you see how others are acting and that might influence you to become materialistic

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I feel like materialism is not getting worse but not getting better because their nobody stopping people from being greedy.

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Both society and parents influence materialism. If society glorifies expensive items or deems them necessary, people could tend to be more materialistic. Also, parents could instill materialism into their kids by surrounding them with nice things and everything they want. They'll grow up thinking that materialism is normal.

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Materialism has gotten worse over the years because technology and many other things have improved

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I'll answer a few questions here : I don't think materialism is necessarily a problem, but I do think the culture of commercialism is a concern. It's not bad that people want "nice things" - I feel the problem is when people don't get them or become consumed by having them, that they compromise their decisions, morals, and finances, in order to obtain them.

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Does society or parents influence materialism in a person? 

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Does society or parents influence materialism in a person? 

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Has materialism gotten worse, better, or the same over the years? 

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Has materialism gotten worse, better, or the same over the years? 

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Society, although you may have one nice object from your parents and soon enough you see someone else with something better. Soon enough everyone has that better object.

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Could being materialistic ever be a good thing? 

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Could being materialistic ever be a good thing? 

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There is not a solution to materialism because society will always have and do better things