Holiday Spirit Controlled by Government

According to the current data, depending on the source being used, the United States is often regarded as a capitalist economy, but it is actually a “mixed economy” that is fueled by consumerism. In the day to day shuffle, society feels the consumerism and its manipulating control of consumers. Consumerism is a form of government control which leads society to form an almost uncontrollable buying habit, especially during the holiday season. Holidays, once spent with family to praise and give thanks, are now being taken over by the strong desire to run to an awesome sale to buy unnecessary stuff. Society is allowing the government to split families up during a holiday with the lure of unbelievable sales. Author Matt Walsh wrote an insightful online Huffington Post article titled, “If You Shop on Thanksgiving, You Are Part of the Problem.” In his article he also shows strong concern for society’s outrageous spending habits during the holiday season, and how the government fuels the shopping frenzy. Matt Walsh additionally goes so far as to state, “Why give thanks for what you have when there’s so much you don’t have? That’s the new meaning of Thanksgiving: count your blessings, and then buy some more blessings and count them again” (Walsh. Web). Society has strength in numbers to help stop the government from its money driven ways that play a role in families growing further apart. Society must be rehabilitated and forego this buying habit, return to traditional family values, and not allow the government to rape family unity through clever economic brainwashing.

Our government has a strong motive to inconspicuously economically manipulate its citizens by changing interest rates. When interest rates ...

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In conclusion, the government has us by the balls where it hurts most, our money. The government can completely control society by pulling on the yo-yo strings of interest rates. However, we cannot afford to allow our government to commercialize society’s holidays at a price of splitting family unity. Civilization goes back long before the words economy and government shut-down were used in everyday kitchen talk. Society, in this country, has the luxury of standing their political ground without being shot. When a society stands united they have more power than most governments. Now is the time for Americans to unite their families and utilize traditional family values, and save family holidays from just being a ploy in business marketing.

Works Cited

Walsh, Matt. Huffington Post. 13 November 2013. Web. 2 December 2013.