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Black Friday is a landfill’s dream.
Black Friday is a landfill’s dream.
Black Friday is a landfill’s dream.

Published on: 11/27/2024

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IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR TARGET - Guests wait for Black Friday sales before Target doors open at 6 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, in Jersey City, N.J. (Photo by Noah K. Murray/Invision for Target/AP Images)

Did the pilgrims stand in line the night after Thanksgiving to buy half-price beaver pelts from Native Americans? Probably not.

But the extinction of beavers on Cape Cod after European colonization might have been a sign of things to come. Fast forward 400 years, and Americans now trample each other to death for doorbuster deals, making our nation the poster child for overconsumption and waste.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/reckon/2024/11/ditch-black-friday-and-embrace-buy-nothing-day.html

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