Are we More Materialistic Today than in the Past?

Are we More Materialistic Today than in the Past? The thesis will be the following: In this paper, I will argue that we as a society are more materialistic today than in the past because of our need to have phones with us at all times and social media influencing us to have more luxurious items like “ famous people ”.
Base the topics of the body paragraphs with the thesis.
Must have internal references (author, year) or (title, year)
These are three articles that could be used in the essay:
A psychologist explains why materialism is making you unhappy
Author: Susannah Locke
Date published: December 23rd, 2016
https://www.vox.com/2014/12/24/7447727/materialism-psychology

HAVE SMARTPHONES DESTROYED A GENERATION?
Author: Jean M. Twenge
Date published: September 15, 2017
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/has-the-smartphone-destroyed-a-generation/534198/

Increased Materialistic Trends among Youth
Author: Afsheen Masood, Rubab Musarrat, Shama Mazahir
Date published: November 3rd, 2016
https://media.neliti.com/media/publications/70821-EN-increased-materialistic-trends-among-you.pdf

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