makes sense they pushed consumerism for decades. now we have all this stuff we don't want to loose.
And if you want to take this train of thought even further. The consumerism was pushed hard when people easily could afford those things they bought. With wages being stagnant, but prices going up, introduced where all these consumer loans. to keep up the buying and having all this stuff everybody is now used to, people take out small loans, then bigger loans. Now they have a bunch of debt slaves, to comfortable to do anything, tied down in dept to free them selves from the workplace and as such no time to go protest or do other uprising kind of things.
"Shalom, you are pre-approved for this credit card with a 17% APY. Buy anything you want and just pay for it later!"
Now on clothing websites and others sites too, I see these services that split purchases over $100 into four payments interest-free. I'm not sure how they make money. Maybe they get a percentage of the sale from the retailers, because it makes people buy more.
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