We live in a consumer society in which money is a massive preoccupation.

我们生活在一个金钱是极大关注点的消费社会。

It is necessary for us to control our desires in this consumer society.

在当今这个消费者主导的社会中，我们很有必要控制自己的欲望。

And in modern day consumer society everyone is considered to be middle class.

在现代消费社会，每个人都被认为是中产阶级。

Credit is the life blood of the consumer society.

信誉是消费界的生命线。

Therefore, Ragtime has become a microcosm of consumer society.

《拉格泰姆时代》成为了一个消费社会的缩影。