The Epidemic

Throughout the past decade, individuals all over the United States have been diagnosed with a dysfunction called Affluenza; this dysfunction has recently begun to gradually affect the entire world. According to Jessie H. O’Neill, affluenza is a “dysfunctional relationship with money, wealth, or the pursuit of it. Globally it [affluenza] is a back up in the flow of money resulting in a polarization [clashing] of the classes and a loss of economic and emotional balance” (O’Neil, 1997-2000). In other words, affluenza is an obsession for the consumption of goods that may range from clothes, cosmetics, and junk food to cars, computers, and traveling. This dysfunction has been thoroughly studied by psychologists and they have discovered the answers to the following questions:
1.) Where did affluenza originate from?
2.) What causes affluenza?
3.) What symptoms derive from affluenza?
4.) What causes affluenza?
5.) How can this dysfunction be cured?
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