Another aspect of this consumerism is planned obsolescence. Under this pretext, products are made in such a way that they will become obsolete in a year or two. This is because new objects will come to the market that beat those products. If this is not done then the products will become obsolete themselves. Hence planned obsolescence becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy.
Moreover, critics of the currently over-consuming domestic culture use the notion of sustainable consumption which says that people should only consume what they need. In this way, nature would be better able to provide us the resources we need.
这种消费的另一个方面是有计划的淘汰。在这个大前提下，产品在这样一种方式，他们将在一年或两年过时了。这是因为新对象将来到市场，打败那些产品。如果不这样做，那么产品将成为过时的自己。因此，有计划的淘汰成为一个自我实现的预言。
此外，消费文化在国内使用可持续消费，说人们应该只使用他们所需要的概念，目前的批评家。这样，自然能够更好地提供我们所需要的资源。
