When I'm at school, it's a little different. But when I'm home, it's all about getting in my car and going to Burger King. To be honest, I still do the selfish things like drive to the grocery store, which is a five-minute walk. Coupled with this penchant for doing things the easy way is the creeping effect of consumerism. From a very early age, we are bombarded with advertisements.
Commercial jingles replace nursery rhymes and ring in our heads.
As we grow older, the never-ending onslaught of advertisements continues to prey on our insecurities. We are told that certain products will make us hip, happy and sexually desirable. This leads to an insatiable appetite to consume. Consumerism is a major factor in the degradation of the earth. It's no wonder that we hear stories of overflowing landfills and that the planet sometimes seems beyond repair.