How Might Economy Affect Society?

I don’t know how economy in general might affect society, but I can hypothesize as to how our capitalistic economy in America might affect Americans. Capitalism gives businesses a lot of freedoms. Facebook for one stores all of our information that we post and sells it to other businesses so that they can use it to advertise to us. Companies look at what’s really popular right now and uses it to appeal to potential customers. For example, the marketing director for The Voice knows that the Superbowl is one of the biggest events of the year and gets countless viewers, so they made sure to advertise throughout the entire event in order to spread the word that it was premiering the same night.

So what we end up getting access to is what businesses want us to see, or what they think we want to see. This can affect our behavior because especially at a young age you can be easily influenced by the media. If Lady Gaga is really popular during your childhood, you might be inclined to act like Lady Gaga. In the same spirit, if Gandhi is really popular during your childhood, you might be inclined to act like Gandhi. It’s very easy to be swayed by the economy, which is another reason why it may be beneficial to switch to communism.