Jeremiad - Consumerism

The American population is inherently a consumer population. It is built off of our urge to compete with one another in this on going race to wealth. We are haunted by the American dream and we put it on a pedestal as if it is the only source of happiness. We give the idea of affluence such high regards, that we forgot the fact that an overabundance of wealth will not make us content. Granted, it would sure be useful for more than half of the population to have even a miniscule amount of riches, but it would only help them financially. American’s biggest flaw’s believing money is the cure to all of their problems.
Without giving up this ludicrous belief that money makes our world go ‘round, we will not prosper mentally. What type of a person wants to live their life in perpetual competition? Apparently everyone in American society, because we devote so much of our time of buying the biggest, shiniest, newest object, instead of enriching our minds by exploring with people in the world around us. Until we are able to cease our fixation on material things, our society will be unfit to achieve further development. And really, how embarrassing would it be for the apocalypse to come as we’re all rushing around shopping malls trying to find our favorite name brand, or searching the Internet for the latest trends in technology? I’ll just be happy when the day comes when no one will care about such trivial things as the make of his neighbor’s car.