[EN] Consumerism

I heard about it, and about the harm from it, for the first time in Italy in 1995.

With fresh memories of the scarcity of Soviet socialism, I didn't get it then.

I get it now.

Consumerism is a Bad Thing.

Consumerism begets pollution.

Consumerism begets garbage, both as produce and as waste.

Consumerism is a kind of greed and deserves to be declared a mortal sin.

Consumerism is a scourge.