Christmas creep was happening 100 years ago, thanks capitalism.

  • Ephera@lemmy.ml
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    3 hours ago

    Damn, what a concept. If people buy extra in this time period, it is 100% crap that they don’t need. Otherwise, they would be buying it, no matter when it gets stocked. So, the way to combat an economic crisis is to produce more garbage. Incredible.

    • davidgro@lemmy.world
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      15 minutes ago

      According to the article it didn’t even work - there wasn’t a noticeable increase in spending.