Consumerism: the invisible mentor of mine

What an awful title that doesn’t make any sense! Well, good evening dear toastmasters and welcomed guests, let me slow down, and set up some context first.

Consumerism is a social and economic order that encourages the acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts. It is infamous for its contribution to materialistic lifestyles and unsustainable development on our planet, thus it is bearing a lot of criticism. However, in my own experience with consumerism, I found it is not all negative. Actually I learned a lot of lessons from it, real and meaningful enough for me to even call it my mentor.

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