Question

Is it healthy to equate personal happiness with the purchase of consumer goods? Consumerism is the advocacy of shopping and purchasing as a way to human fulfillment and satisfaction, not to mention a driving force in maintaining a healthy economy. Recently, however, many people have begun to criticize this kind of social and economic order as unfair to most people and detrimental to the environment. These people have embraced ideas that can be termed anti-consumerism", which is the rejection of a society in which buying things is considered the key to happiness Consumerism 1 Anti-consumersts argue that consumerism is harmful to people because corporations become extremely wealthy, which allows them to become more powerful than voted in governments that protect and maintain their citizens' rights and interests. They also point out that corporations use money to gain political influence, which gives them a huge advantage in terms of drafting laws that are favorable to corporate interests rather than human rights This may pervert legitimate political processes and lead to corruptionComprehension: 1 According to the article, what is anti-consumerism? a) a society that equates personal happiness with the purchase of consumer goods b) refusing to accept a society where buying things is thought the way to happiness c) the acceptance of a society in which buying things is considered the key to happiness d) extremely wealthy corporations which make people happy by offering a selection of goods 2. The phrase voted in' in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by a) elected b) intended c) unasked 1 d) informed​

Answer 1

1. b) refusing to accept a society where buying things is thought the way to happiness

2. a) elected