Why Black Friday is bad do you know it...
Black Friday isn't just bad for retail employees and shoppers—it's also bad for the economy, and therefore for America.
Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving, traditionally the biggest shopping day of the year. It's a day when stores open earlier in the morning and close later at night than usual. It's a tradition that goes back to some of America's most terrible days of labor abuse and consumer exploitation, but it's time for us to move past it and focus on something more positive.
I'm not saying that you shouldn't go shopping on Black Friday. If you like the idea, go for it! I'm also not saying you should never shop on Black Friday. Maybe, every once in a while, there might be an item that's worthwhile taking advantage of in order to save yourself some time or money. But I think we can all agree that we could all do with a little less consumerism in our lives, so let's just make it one less thing to consume.
Black Friday is the worst. Every year, millions of Americans take time off from their jobs and spend hours in budget stores, waiting in lines so long they could have driven to a nice place and back before getting served. Waiting that long for a sale seems like an unnecessarily painful way to make a few bucks. But what's the alternative?
All this money we're spending on Black Friday deals adds up, and if everyone is doing it, you have no choice but to spend more than you'd like to just to keep up. And do you know where all this money is going? To corporate America. These companies are then able to use that cash to make even more money by funding big political campaigns, which in turn gives them more power in government—all while keeping us busy and broke.
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