Consumerism in individuals has led to large amounts of income being spent personally rather than on public needs and crises within the community. In late modern social life and in the coming years most of the income growth of societies will be spent on materialistic desires rather than on the overall improvement of the public system (affluenza). Instead of focusing on global and national problems, individuals' focus on needs and desires has led to a destabilization of the public system. This lack of focus within the community has created, in the long term, a wider gap between social classes and social issues such as poverty (wealth). Therefore, consumer culture has created an environment in which there is a lack of guilt and attention to social problems that are increasing due to the new abundance of material goods (purchases). Society has focused on private spending rather than public spending, which leads to a lack of investment in hospitals and schools which, in the long term, risks having serious social and political consequences (affluence). Australia is unwilling to give up its revenue, which has created a public health funding crisis that continues to worsen (turnout). Therefore, due to consumerism, individuals have focused on private spending rather than public spending within society, which has worsened social and political issues in Australia. Consumer culture inside