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About black friday and consumerist culture Late november holidays are not only to spend quality family time, nowadays they have become into the perfect time of the year to spend money in the "Black Days", seizing the opportunity to grab different kind of goods with special discounts. This time of the year is one of the most sincere examples of what consumerism culture does with irresponsible consumers, proving all its dark mechanisms to disguise gadgets, clothing or even householding items into basic needs. Additionally, retailers take advantage of its customers using time restraints that creates also a sense of urgency to force or coerce sometimes a sell. Let's consider the case of mobile phone consumers with a humble income that purchase the latest cellphone just to fulfil a façade of luxury: having been able to have been buying a low or mid range priced smartphone, he end up getting a high priced phone because it was 50% off the regular price, but paying in instalments for two years without considering the interest on arrears. It's also common to see people sleeping outside malls, spending valuable time waiting in long lines to get discounts in their purchase. Hence, being able to be doing a productive activity or having a good time with family or friends, people prefer to nourish their shopping desire. Sadly, being able to be promoting a reasonable use of money, role models in our society tends to encourage the consumerist culture during this time of the year. Moreover, having been able to be traveling around and collecting unforgettable memories, people prefer to spend money in disposable items, which in my opinión is not only unsustainable but unreasonable.
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000. 30-Day Writing Challenge - Some thoughts about human desire Human beings always want something more from what they have simply because they are subjects of desire, which for me it's not as bad as sometimes is perceived (e.i. consumerism desire). Therefore, this question can be approached from two main perspectives: people who uses their desire-motivation as an enhancer to achieve their personal goals, and on the contrary, people that suffer from frustration because of what the have now is just not enough and therefore, their enjoyment of life is somehow postponed until some future event or opportunity became available. In my opinion, desire is an incredible tool to be motivated and to act in an efficient and organized way. It gives a purpose to behave in different manners in order to accomplish personal objectives, as in the case of people who wake up early in the morning to get the work done, or maybe that start eating clean food because they want to lose some weight. However, acting by desire has its risks because its its interpretation of the present being as a "hard pathway to follow in order to achieve a long-awaited future", which also implies two very arguable ideas: first, that our present is suboptimal than expected, and second, that our future is going to be mavelouse if we act or follow a certain way. Nevertheless, none of these assumptions must be taken as a norm or dogma, because what we have now it's simply what we need (you get what you need, as The Rolling Stone says), and on the other hand, nobody has its future assured or guarantee, our present is a gift and our future is a mystery, so in my opinion it's reasonable to seize the momentum that results from desire in order to attain some personal development, but without forgetting that life is a long race with its ups and downs.
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