Affluenza is a global infection as well as a split on our families. It was said in the film, one fifth of the world’s people live in absolute poverty. Families go in debt or close to it because on the consumption they have done. The more consumption a family does the more production is made. This causes the debt for a family. It will be hard for the family to get back on their feet at that rate because they have an addiction to the consumption. As Americans it is nearly impossible to imagine what poverty is and even more difficult to realize why there is poverty at all since we Americans have everything laid out for us. This creates more factories and opening jobs for the society. So the people who are in poverty have a chance to get back on their feet. But the amount of resources a person uses is high. The film also informs that each American uses