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IELTS Essay: It is suggested that everyone should have a car, a television and a fridge. D...

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It is suggested that everyone should have a car, a television and a fridge. Do disadvantages of this development for society outweigh advantages?

#consumer_goods#mass_consumption#materialism#societal_impact#sustainability

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 acknowledges benefits (improved living standards) and harms (pollution, inequality); Band 9 examines the sustainability model itself—questioning whether universal consumption is feasible and exploring alternative frameworks for well-being.

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Key concepts in this essay

Living standards improvement
Resource consumption
Environmental impact
Economic inequality
Consumer culture

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

Treating 'everyone having a car/TV/fridge' as uniformly good without environmental or social costs
Ignoring that universal access to these goods improved health and quality of life historically
Glossing over the question of affordability and equity

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