Thoreau and Commercialism
What is commercialism and why did most philosophers, artists and thinkers were against this
concept? Is it really something that bad and people are not aware of? Do we still suffer from
Commercialism and Consumerism? Can people create a kind of balance between spirituality and
Communism? Do we still have the option to choose or we lost ourselves to communism? According
to Thoreau, how can slavery and economy be related? How did Thoreau argue all of this?
Around 150 years ago, writers like Walden Emerson and Henry David Thoreau warned their
fellow men from the swiping and rushing commercialism that was followed blindly by men and
families who were taken by its tremendous advertisement. This rush started in the 1800s with the
industrial revolution. Companies started inventing new things and of course were eager to offer it for
