Assertion: consumerism | /r/HasProperty | natural
Facets:
value: simply
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Is consumerism natural?
text: Peasant reactions commonly suggest a preference for land over consumerism, and many traditional societies used economic surplus for religious rather than personal-consumerist display or for better but traditional costumes rather than novel, consumerist fashions, both of which challenge the assumption that consumerism is a natural phenomenon.
text: However, unless consumerism is simply natural, these do not provide adequate explanation.