In Praise Of Consumerism Summary

The main point of "In Praise Of Consumerism" by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. was that consumerism is very broad and relates to a lot of different features in everyone's everyday life. When Rockwell says "consumerism is just another word for freedom in the marketplace." What Rockwell is saying is that any person in the world can buy anything they want because of the widespread variety and costs. Any person could be rich or poor and still have some sort of option even if you had to scavenge materials and build your own item, consumerism plays a role.

In today's world technology advances and some people in the world just cannot keep up with it and give up, like smartphones even, I recall seeing an elder woman throwing a new smartphone at the
When it comes to a variety or choice of products is when different manufacturers compete to make the better product. Rockwell says, "If something is broken, we want the materials made

available to repair it." I can really relate to that quote right now because while I'm writing this essay, I am also sewing my backpack together. I went to the local Pac-And-Save store to purchase that sewing kit and I was looking for the cheapest available, but there was only a choice of one but lots of variety in thread color sold separately.

I agree with Rockwell when he relates to people wanting creature comforts or a variety of necessities like food, wine, cleaning products, toothpaste, and razors. Some people are limited though when it comes to purchasing some bigger items like Heat pumps for homes or Air Conditioners. New units can cost upwards of 2,000 to 3,000 dollar range, but this is where "variety or choice" come into play and sometimes you can shop around for a used bargain or even get estimates on new equipment from different businesses to see where your going to save the most money. When money is not a problem people abandon old forms of communication or entertainment for "far superior modes of information technology." like Rockwell