13 Beloved ‘Traditions’ That Are Really Just Marketing
by Stephen Johnson from Lifehacker on (#5QR9E)
From green bean casserole on the Thanksgiving dinner table to the dutiful reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance by American school children, many of our cherished traditions and beliefs are actually based-at least in part-on good old-fashioned marketing and advertising. It's part of what makes Capitalism fun!