https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x Add your arguments here. Then CONNECT to your peers ideas by responding to their post using our prompts. Use both paraphrased and evidence to support your argument. en-us 2022-02-04 05:32:16 UTC 2022-02-07 21:03:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2029934105

Pro: low cost of living- “if the whole world operated on consumerism then the cost of living in different countries would decline.”

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The infographic says that if you spend 100 dollars at a local business you put 46 dollars back into the economy. 

]]> 2022-02-04 18:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2029935045 jaynknod https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2029935461 Buying Local profits from consumerism, making more jobs.]]> 2022-02-04 18:17:34 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2029935461 https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2029935817 The infographic states that a 1% increase in consumerism gives 3100 jobs and 94 million dollars in annual revenue.

]]> 2022-02-04 18:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2029935817 https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2029936403 companies increase their production but in order  they would need more workers, and employees to answer for the buyer's demand. This would make more work opportunities and decrease the extent of unemployment.]]> 2022-02-04 18:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2029936403 aidajack https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2029938968 2022-02-04 18:19:44 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2029938968 jaynknod https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2029941207 This positively impacts the environment because it’s limiting the amount of garbage that is going to landfills, and filling up the ocean. ]]> 2022-02-04 18:21:01 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2029941207 dylltett https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2029941670 consumerism motivates people to work and create things for their overall well-being. Things like self-expression and sense of style would be hard to bring out as clothing can be a vehicle of self-expression because it makes you more aware of yourself. Regardless of your level of investment in your outward appearance and denial of social constructs, fashion can become a vehicle of dissent, it can be symbolic for religions, cultures, regions, movements.]]> 2022-02-04 18:21:19 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2029941670 tiffclem https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2029945680 Buying from minorities can help with movements in equal rights due to it showing support in the creator's of the products.]]> 2022-02-04 18:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2029945680 dylltett https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2029960081 Due to supply and demand, products that are in mass production tend to be cheaper and more accessible to lower class people,  "Mass production resulted in lower prices of consumer goods. Eventually, economies of scale resulted in the most affordable price of any product for the consumer without the manufacturer having to sacrifice profits." -nvestopedia.com/ask/answers/050615/how-did-mass-production-affect-price-consumer-goods.asp ]]> 2022-02-04 18:33:37 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2029960081 daviwaly https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2029962277 The consumption of goods and services by individual consumers helps drive the economic engine of a consumerist society in that it creates jobs for workers and wealth for businesses owners. Increases economic output and creates jobs. Leads to increases in wealth for companies. Promotes competition between companies.]]> 2022-02-04 18:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2029962277 tayah https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2034031693 Not only are we buying more, creating more jobs and income for many families, but now we are able to afford simple pleasures. Our brains naturally produce dopamine whenever we purchase items from online and in person, so statistically we as a society have increased dopamine levels over the past 50 years. consumerism allows for more people to be happy and have a stable income. ]]> 2022-02-07 20:18:28 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2034031693 dylltett https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2034043105 Consumerism drives economic growth, as when people spend money for more goods to be produced; the economy grows. even if a small downturn in consumer spending can lead to a stop in economic growth; if costs drop it leads to economic inflation & deflation spending-wise. This means less money to be spent on public services & goods. https://www.thebalance.com/consumer-spending-definition-and-determinants-3305917]]> 2022-02-07 20:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2034043105 https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2034047756 consumerism positively effects employment rate because the more people who buy local the more jobs and money.]]> 2022-02-07 20:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2034047756 tayah https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2034062514 as a great youtuber i accidentally stumbled across said, "we have chosen consumerism over virtue," the school of life. with virtue comes ethical dilemmas within many societies. There is no sure way to fix that. However, as consumerism progresses, first world countries are now expelling from toxic means of production and many companies are now claiming to not use child labour systems and instead using more ethical resources. Ethics does not matter to a lot of people, but for the people it does matter to, it is only possible to become ethical again with the innovation consumer breeds. ]]> 2022-02-07 20:36:59 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_tomczyk/r7eyfh7c7r10687x/wish/2034062514