#panic buying

Holiday Panic Buying - 2019 and 2022 (Traditional ink, digital flat colours) - Characters from my webcomic Honestly not a Robot.

So apparently there will be some Covid related product global supply issues leading in to Christmas this year and we’re being told to start panic buying and hoarding supplies in response “so we don’t miss out on Christmas gifts”.

Stuff that!

- I know how to bargain shop. I have already quietly picked up some perfect gifts at bargain prices as I found them throughout the year.

- I know how to cook. So my Christmas cake is already done and curing. I also have everything I need to make other yummy gift treats closer to the day.

- I know how to garden. I have some plant cuttings rooting at the moment that I will re-pot and give as gifts.

- I know how to Christmas. I retain and re-use wrap, ribbons and boxes. I only ever buy new (if I have to) in the post Christmas sales or from op shops.

“The images of working people fighting each other over toilet paper shouldn’t fill you with feelings of contempt or superiority because you’re not ‘stooping’ to that, it should fill you with a profound sadness at what capitalism can do to people when alienation overwhelms us. A profound sadness, but also a rage at the system that produces this behavior, and a desire to smash it. Don’t laugh at those people. Don’t call them stupid. Instead, think about what you’re doing to build a system in which scarcity is no longer an issue.”

The free market will correct when supply returns to normal.

Artificially suppressing price through government force creates and exacerbates shortages.