Sentences with phrase «of rampant consumerism»

While I imagine every generation of young people has had some degree of reluctance to accept their parents» stuff, it's unfair of Boomers to expect kids to be saddled with the detritus of their rampant consumerism, even if that stuff is still functional.

Someone, somewhere in the world, has to deal with the fall - out of our rampant consumerism, our affluenza, our addiction to fast fashion, and it's hardly fair to dump that on developing nations.

Once again, a day traditionally meant to celebrate gratitude will inaugurate a month of rampant consumerism.

In an age of rampant consumerism and the glorification of celebrity, the exhibition couldn't be more timely.»

In documenting these bloated retail havens (eleven such images made up this recent exhibition at Robert Koch Gallery), Chicago - based photographer Brian Ulrich sets himself the not uncomplicated task of addressing the perils of rampant consumerism without lapsing into simplistic, knee - jerk condemnation.

Wallis in contrast, argues that «we have no right to be shocked» when underclass youth behave like violent, selfish materialists, because of the «moral pollution of rampant consumerism» the culture pumps into them.

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In turn, the promoters hope that we may reflect on how «rampant consumerism» has impacted the environment and fuelled excessive levels of debt.

The book questions David Cameron's slogan «We're all in this together», saying that «rampant consumerism and individualism» and a culture of «every man for themselves» has «dominated» Britain since Margaret Thatcher became Conservative Prime Minister in 1979.

Third, please introduce the notion of «radical hope» by daring to speak of the possibility and necessity of a much more ethical economy that does not rely on fossil fuels (national or foreign), rampant consumerism (and unrestrained waste production), profitable militarism, (subsidized) competition, the commodification of life, the financialization of the globe, the relentless destruction of the environment, the exploitative division of labor at home and abroad, siege consciousness, or the elimination of dissent.

Instead of plunging into the electric revolution, I pick and choose between convenience and what looks to me like rampant consumerism, attempting to find a middle ground.

Humans are given mind - altering drugs, free sex and rampant consumerism are the order of the day, and people no longer reproduce but are genetically engineered in «hatcheries.»

In a time of stress, uncertainty, rampant consumerism, and divisive politics, one could easily succumb to the modern dog - eat - dog mentality.

As he traces the problem of waste into grocery stores, buffet restaurants, school lunchrooms, and convenience stores, Bloom argues that waste was understandable (if not forgivable) during the rampant consumerism and excess that characterized the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s.

In Europe, real incomes continued to rise over the last 30 years, and people were slower to adopt a more rampant consumerism, so there's still plenty of runway left.

Here we go again in the annual double whammy of rampant oligarchical consumerism, blue - chip wonders and dumb artefacts, specially commissioned films, a rolling season of talks, and a cast of wandering celebs, walking wallets and exhausted gallerists.

Masterfully and humorously critiquing the rampant consumerism of the postwar Western world, the artist is best known for a series of 1960s sculptures that commodifed his own bodily residue, such as cans of his excrement, balloons filled with his breath, and eggs featuring his fingerprints.

Sourcing prevalent facets of modern Japanese culture like anime, Manga, and yokai horror films, Kenichi Yokono's meticulous carvings contrast rampant notions of globalization and consumerism with the overwhelming «cuteness» (or kawaii) found in his country's commercial vernacular.

We are excited to focus on #GivingTuesday next week as a great way to counter the rampant consumerism that kicks off today on Black Friday, the day that marks the beginning of traditional holiday shopping where crowds of consumers are taking advantage of special deals.

In contrast, we offer up voluntary simplicity as an alternative value and practice, rooted in lessening unnecessary consumption and materialism, based on the understanding that rampant consumerism contributes to the degradation of our planet.

I appreciate that this is a cornerstone NWEI offering, especially as it points to some of the deeps roots of the environmental challenges we face: rampant consumerism and being in a culture stretched to the limits in so many ways.

While reporting on the conditions created by the mass consumerism of electronics in places like this is important, so too is keeping a close watch on the regulations of e-waste disposal and ending rampant consumerism.

Steam Summer Sales aren't nearly as special as they used to be, given the number of sales year - round and the excision of the old Daily Deals, Flash Sales, and everything else that used to make rampant consumerism feel like an «event.»