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Summary Of Black Friday: Consumerism Minus Civilization

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Summary of Black Friday: Consumerism Minus Civilization The author Andrew Leonard states that the Black Friday insanity is not acceptable within the society. It is getting too out of hand and is leading to people being trampled to death over a good deal on something. Leonards information comes from Target employees who feel that it is unnecessary to have “Black Friday” sales on Thanksgiving, they feel like they should be able to spend Thanksgiving at home with their loved ones. The true meaning of Thanksgiving has been lowered, because people are too worried about getting a good deal rather than spending time with family and showing the true meaning. Leonard puts the blame on advertisements such as “The Crazy Target Lady’ stating that ads

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