13 Favorite Traditions That Are Really Just Marketing
From the green bean casserole on the dinner table on Thanksgiving to the obedient Pledge of Allegiance by American schoolchildren, many of our cherished traditions and beliefs are actually based – at least in part – on good old-fashioned marketing and advertising. This is part of what makes Capitalism interesting!
Here are 13 examples of what we celebrate or habits we have developed simply because we were told we should.