Sentence examples for own consumerism from inspiring English sources

Even today, Americans don't want a revolution against their own consumerism — not for all the tea in China.

Their guilt of their own consumerism and self preoccupation that Christopher Lasch documented decades ago, turns now outward in a religious fervor at any passing target in a very unattractive demonstration of deep self dissatisfaction.

Desperate housewives emerged on to their front stoops, and catching that distinctive acid odour, lost control of their own consumerism; they coughed, they heaved, they brought forth more and more vomit that cascaded down the Carpenter Gothic stairs to join the rivulet; and so it became a river – and then a torrent.

This is questionable operationally because the global poor may prefer money to be spent on their own consumerism (for example, for food now), rather than reducing risks to lower levels.

So, here I am working incredibly hard to fight for people's freedom while at the same time, I'm enslaving them with my own consumerism.

He starts with Britain's own commerce and consumerism, its lust for sugar drawing it to the Caribbean, its taste for fine fabrics, spices and tea enticing it into India.

On the contrary, they make their points with minimal fuss, and should they change their approach in the future it will surely be because of an improvement in their country's economic situation rather than their own encounter with consumerism.

When asked to articulate her experience, she said that she was excited to hear her own thoughts about consumerism, religion, and other topics put up on stage.

Writing for In These Times, Terry Allen notes that "our own addiction to consumerism and failure to save tie us to debt and stress".

But it's not all looking backward, many of the third agers in my parent's over-55 planned community have shifted into a period of reinvention that looks surprisingly like the eco-DIY movements more associated with a younger demographic: they grow their own vegetables, swap consumerism for enrichment activities (art, yoga, swimming) and stop driving so much or so far.

I wonder if online shopping has produced its own form of rabid consumerism, that endless search for a better price elsewhere.