The meaning of what is considered to be a luxury has changed greatly in our recent history; we no longer need just food, shelter and water to survive, we depend on much more that would have been considered luxuries even as far back as one hundred years ago. ... We are whizzing through the earth's natural resources faster than we need to, because of our need for luxuries. ... A century back, people needed shelter, water and food, but now we are given those things as if its nothing. ...

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