how do you feel about the materialistic societys of today?

First of all, i would like to state a definition mistake. In philosophical terms, materialism is states everything that exist is matter, and everything happens due to material interactions. On the other hand the situation you described is often described as consumerism. I definately agree with you about the situation of the society, giving more value and importance to the consumption goods day by day. Sadly this is the result of global capitalism. Media also plays a great part at that by raising idols. Like everything art has corrupted too and so-called stars are new idols of the youth. We can see how sad it is, if we run a public survey among teenagers and ask them about their idols. How many of them will respond: Brityney Spears, Paris Hilton, Kobe Bryant How many of them will respond: Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi, Dostoyevsky

Society has become very shallow and materialistic. I wouldn't mind but it is all about labels and such rather than quality - I can understand people spending a lot on something IF it was going to last them ages and show "value for money" but they don't they buy tat that is soon obsolete. People are also very superficial about each other. It's all about what people are wearing and where they are seen rather than about who they are. I have in-laws like that and I have to say they are the most miserable people I know. Deeply unhappy because they only seem to love things that can't love them back and wonder why their kids are so materialistic and uncaring! You can side-step a lot of this just by not playing along with Consumerism Madness! It isn't easy when everyone you meet seems to be a nut-job but there are people out there who live alternatively and well without being sheep.

Now the world is changed. Everybody rushes for materialistic goods. Life got a new meaning of running after money. Human values, ethics are sidelined. Everybody knows the richest man of the country, but none knows the wisest man of their society. Knowledge also became a product of business. True education, we are pretending to forget that. Thank you.