The Atlantic targets 'affluent Americans' who are 'buying up things they don’t need' amid supply chain crisis

A piece published in The Atlantic is challenging what is supposedly the real problem at the center of the supply chain crisis.

"What news stories generally don’t show you is where all of this stuff is going. At least anecdotally, much of it seems to be headed directly into the overflowing package room in my apartment building," Mull wrote. "Americans are buying an extraordinary amount of stuff. Especially in the past six months, the system has been rocked by explosive demand."

Mull pointed to the growing concerns that Americans may not get toys and various other goods ahead of the holiday season but "few seem willing to acknowledge that the record amount of stuff being brought into the country isn’t merely disappearing off store shelves."