Capitalism In Canada

Consumption of things from oil to clothing has increased over the past 5 years. Increasing population is causing the earth resources to be used up faster. Our style of economic system could lead us to a terrifying future for other generations to come. If we do not do something to change the outcome or be ignorant to it we will see all our resources used up and could face extinction. Therefore, in this essay I will like to educate everyone about the effects of Capitalism on the environmental and social responsibility side. My essay will focus on the environmental and social responsibility only in Canada. We see that Capitalism high demand for resources has caused higher emissions of Carbon dioxide which is harming the environment greatly and
As more people are manipulated by corporates through advertising and marketing people have made us more materialistic and changed our cognitive thoughts have been changed. As, we see in the four horsemen YouTube video we see our neo-capitalist style has pushed us towards the ideology of indivualism. As, we see more people are becoming more narsaistic because of media owned by cooperates. This, in turn has affected our health as more people have become more depressed, more pressure and stress are forced against us from media and governments to produce more and consume more. This neo-capitalist style are affecting us and our future generations. The idea of consumerism embedded on us by cooperate organizations has causes us to think that true happiness is the extent of your personal consumptions particularly on materiel goods. This consumerist society where we devote a great deal of time, energy and resources because everyone believes that consumption is good and more consumption is better. For example, teenagers in my younger brother’s age focus more on clothing than in any other generations of teenagers. We see this behavior because more young people like teenagers and kids are being manipulated by the media to buy certain brands of clothing like Gucci, Guess, Jack and Jones, Canadian Goose etc. We see this because they think that wearing fashionable clothing or dressing in a certain way gives a prescribed status. There is also pressure from classmates to dress this way or face social rejections or even worse getting labelled a bum. This has forced some teenagers to get part time jobs to support their consumer needs even if it affects their studies. The media has also influenced to believe that if you look good you feel good which is not true because feeling healthy has nothing to do with your looks. This neo-capitalist system has effected