A Consumer Society
- In a shift from other eras of history, the significant social figures living in the United States were not politicians, but rather entertainers and businessmen. This signifies the importance of popular culture to the lives of Americans.
- After the First World War ended, the soldiers came home to a different America: Women had the right to work and vote, and the economy was enjoying a high standard.
- Because of the health of the economy, the American people had money to spend on consumer goods, inspiring their classification as a consumer society.
"You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption."
-Noam Chomsky |
Subjunctive Question: How would the coming Depression have been made more or less likely to happen if Women were not given the place in society they were in the 1920s?
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