Noun
consumer society (plural consumer societies)
(economics) Society that encourages the acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts.
In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy. Ivan Illich
Sadness is the matrix from which wit and irony spring; sadness is uncomfortable and creative, which is why consumer society cannot tolerate it. Germaine Greer
There is the desire of a consumer society to have no learning curves. This tends to result in very dumbed-down products that are easy to get started on, but are generally worthless and/or debilitating. Alan Kay
America must be the teacher of democracy, not the advertiser of the consumer society. It is unrealistic for the rest of the world to reach the American living standard. Mikhail Gorbachev
More and more people work on Sundays as a consequence of the competitiveness imposed by a consumer society. Pope Francis
Consumer society tantalises us. We then try within ourselves to control the needs that are being constantly stimulated. Susie Orbach