Describe how the treadmill of consumption works, with examples.
What will be an ideal response?
Some of the very wealthy exemplify the treadmill of consumption: They can
never have enough. As the wealthy like Michael Jackson keep accumulating more and
more stuff, meanwhile, the wealthy have gotten even richer. The result is no end to our
wants and little improvement, if any, in our satisfaction—despite increased consumption
of goods. This whole process of moving materially ahead without making any real gain in
satisfaction can be termed the treadmill of consumption.
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What will be an ideal response?