American Materialism
The socio - cultural progression of contemporary American society is manifested in the affinity it has for the consumer culture. Various label the culture and social atmosphere as the "American Dream." This thought is linked closely to the aspirations of the American society or at least the values that pervade it in the present. Any one, most particularly those of the existing generation can closely determine with this cultural construct. Extra importantly it becomes a considerable sociological fact given that this also plays an vital function in the communal dynamics of American society. Social interaction happens on the shared experience as well as the notion of this norm.
It should be noted that Social Interaction transpires when people that exist in a relationship of continuous exchange via the make contact with with the exclusive attributes of other people. This also indicates that the latter experience social interaction in the like manner. This is useful due to the fact it satisfies the sociological nature of man. This is further reinforced by the notion that human beings have to have to interact. Being deprived of the very same at the least hampers holistic development and at the worst the individual is plagued by a negative backlash of socio psychological ills such as anxiousness and depression.
By itself the concept, practices and linked experiences regarding this brand of materialism are not necessarily detrimental. All of these are mere instances of culture being expressed and manifested. The harm it most likely causes is even more in terms of its role in Social Interaction. This indicates that as it facilitates a frequent dimension in which individuals share as properly as the experience the varied elements of other there is the perpetuation of a culture that is each superficial and ungrounded. American materialism as manifested in the consumer culture does in no way reflect the values and notable convictions of society.
American materialism may me a great manifestation of the society's industrial may well, a communal opulence and advanced way of life. But, it also manifests a degree of dehumanization and outright avarice. The "American Dream" is warped to instigate rapacity in society. The common of the very good life is no longer reflective of values of individual decency and average life-style. It bothers Americans, that they are not surrounded by high-priced goods and that their lives revolve on the acquisition of wealth. To be rich or being rich is not necessarily negative.
This is a predicament when Social Interaction shapes objective and which means of life to 1, which is dictated by wealth. No viable interchange of expression and would happen simply given that of shared ideas of communal life and decency. Now Social Interaction will be on the level of the pursuit of wealth at all cost. People by way of this kind of sharing of encounter take on the notion that their wealth is never sufficient and that to actually be part of the social loop 1 should have as substantially as he could.
The present economic decline in American society is ultimate proof that a society that is Socially Interacting on a shared externality of wealth and pursuit of material gain do not progress socially. Rather it regresses to a community built amassing money in pockets and not enriching values.
