While Black Friday may entice you with spending a couple hundred dollars to save $50 on your third 50″ flatscreen TV, you may be surprised to hear it’s a holiday that many feel morally obliged to protest.
In addition to the fact that Black Friday sales keep retail workers from spending time with their families over the holiday weekend, it festers crazed consumerism that encourages people to spend an abundance of money on things they don’t really necessarily need.
The allure of an item that is on clearance right in front of your face is almost too much to resist – even if you may not get much use out of it, or it doesn’t fit you quite right, you’ll likely buy it on Black Friday because of the fear of it selling out.
Alternatively, it is ideal to think about your purchases a good deal ahead of time, to assure you’ll actually get good use out of them rather than discarding them after the thrill of the purchase is gone.
This breeds a throwaway culture that produces an abundance of waste.
Some companies did Black Friday differently, however. Everlane, for example, donated $300,000 of its Black Friday profits to Oceana, a program that cleans plastic out of oceans, offsetting the impact of their sales. Deciem, a skincare company, closed all of their stores and website on Black Friday, to discourage consumerism.
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