Effects Of Consumerism In Feed

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The topic of our video is the effects of consumerism in feed. The video is projected to our classmates and teacher, with the intent on expanding the classes knowledge on a main idea portrayed by MT Andersen in Feed, with hopes of developing further thought and providing specific examples to explain our video thesis; In feed, many of the modern day effects of Consumerism are severely inflated, to the point of expressing an enhanced, futuristic version from that of today. Our purpose is to strictly establish the main effects of consumerism occurring throughout society in Feed, with hopes of informing the class of what continued consumerism may lead to in the future. We believe the strongest part of our video are the areas in which we incorporated

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