That's indeed sad bro. Same thing here, people running down the streets buying stuff they don't actually need just for the sake of it as you said.
How easy it is to control the masses right? Throw them a bone and they'll start fighting for it just like dogs. PATHETIC.
Much love man.
We are all conditioned to varying degrees. Then the whole process starts again just after Xmas, but I think we will see a lot less spending.. people have less money to throw around.