EarlyintheageofaffluencethatfollowedWorldWarII,anAmericanretailinganalystnamedVictorLebowproclaimed, “Ourenormouslyproductiveeconomy...demandsthatwemakeconsumptionourwayoflife,thatweconvertthebuyingand useofEoodsintorituals,thatweseekourspiritualsatisfaction,ouregosatisfaction,inconsumption...Weneedthings consumed,burnedup,wornout,replacedanddiscardedataneverincreasingrate.” AmericanshaverespondedtoLebow’scall,andmuchoftheworldhasfollowed.Consumptionhasbecomeacentralpillaroflifeinindustriallandsandisevenembeddedinsocialvalues. Opinionsurveysintheworld’stwolargesteconomies-JapanandtheUnitedStates-showconsumeristdefinitionsof successbecomingevermoreprevalent. Overconsumptionbytheworld’sfortunateisanenvironmentalproblemunmatchedinseveritybyanythingbutperhaps populationgrowth.Theirsurgingexploitationofresourcesthreatenstoexhaustorunalterablyspoilforests,soils,water,airandclimate. Ironically,highconsumptionmaybeamixedblessinginhumanterms,too.Thetime-honoredvaluesofintegrityof character,goodwork,friendship,familyandcommunityhaveoftenbeensacrificedintherushtoriches.Thusmanyinthe industriallandshaveasensethattheirworld,ofplentyissomehowhollow-that,misledbyaconsumeristculture,theyhave beenfruitlesslyattemptingtosatisfywhatareessentiallysocial,psychologicalandspiritualneedswithmaterialthings. Ofcourse,theoppositeofoverconsumption-poverty-isnosolutiontoeitherenvironmentalorhumanproblems.Itisinfinitelyworseforpeopleandbadforthenaturalworldtoo.Dispossessedpeasantsslash-and-burntheirwayintotherainforestsof LatinAmerican,andhungrynomadsturntheirherdsoutontofragileAfricangrassland,reducingittodesert.Ifenvironmental destructionresultswhenpeoplehaveeithertoolittleortoomuch,wearelefttowonderhowmuchisenough.Whatlevelof consumptioncantheearthsupportWhendoeshavingmoreceasetoaddnoticeablytohumansatisfaction TheemergenceoftheaffluentsocietyafterWorldWarII__________.《》()
A.gave birth to a new generation of upper class consumers B.gave rise to the dominance of the new egoism C.led to the reform of the retailing system D.resulted in the worship of consumerism正确答案D
