Black Friday....
Rampant, unrestrained, consumerism. The world watches the darkest side of capitalism run amok. No wonder they hate us.
Why do people still camp in front of stores for days just to get last year's TV marked down 50% from the 80% markup 2 months earlier?
Have you not heard of Amazon?
By the Way, In case you weren't aware the "Black" in Black Friday has nothing to do with how dark it is outside when the store opens.
Nor does it have anything to do with the darker side of human nature although you'd be excused if you've ever made the mistake of participating in the madness.
There was a time, supposedly, that retailers counted on the holiday shopping season to bring their books into positive numbers aka "being in the black."
Which assumes the rest of the year they're operating at a loss.
Which may be true but gross sales have less to do with it than the perverse trickle down economics of corporate structures that reward CEO's with multi-million dollar bonuses.
Shed no tears for a corporate empire built on the standard of indentured servitude and slave wages.
I find nothing more distasteful than the want ads for a "seasonal" worker with the lure of some meager discount off merchandise they can't afford.
No wait..
I find something even more distasteful than that...
Stores open on THANKSGIVING!
What the living hell is wrong with you? I'm not just talking about the stores either. Why they hell does anyone think it's OK to force people to leave their families just so you can buy some more crap?
Black Friday is bad enough but now we can't even let the pumpkin pie settle before it's off to the races!
What's the point of a holiday if everybody has to go to work?
OK, not "everybody" just those poor unfortunate souls forced into indentured servitude by the likes of Kohls and Best Buy.
Here's a list of the worst offenders.
- JCPenny stores open at 3 p.m.
- Old Navy is scheduled to open at 4 p.m.
- Best Buy, Macy's, Toys'R'Us and Bonton will open their doors at 5 p.m.
- Walmart, Target, Kohl's, Dick's, Modell's and Sears will all open at 6 p.m.
They blame everything from Amazon.com to Obama for it but the real reason is bald-faced greed.
They'll claim in an age of online stores that they must do this to survive. By extension they'll claim to support the economy by providing jobs to all those "seasonal" workers to meet the "demand."
You probably saw this coming but here it is anyway....
Boycott them. All of them without exception and anyone else that thinks it's OK to perpetuate this outrage. Oh and before you get on the high horse about all those jobs they're providing. Know that most of those "seasonal jobs" don't contribute to the economy when people have to supplement their wages with food banks and government assistance.
It's even worse for the "regular" employees many of which are working 39 hour "part time" schedules. They're on Food Stamps too.
Talk about corporate welfare.
Wanna get all biblical about it?
Fine. Since the Thanksgiving tradition usually involves somebody spouting bible verses before gorging themselves try this one out...
Matthew 25:46
"Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
You say you live in a "Christian Nation?"
Then start acting like it.
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