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Black Friday: Consumerism Kills

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Here’s a piece of news that reads like a dark satire:

A Wal-Mart employee on Long Island was killed this morning by crazed, stampeding shoppers, who actually broke down the doors of the store at its 5:00am opening time.

According to Reuters, four shoppers — one of them a pregnant woman — were also injured in the rush, and taken to hospital.

I don’t even know what more to say about this, beyond the fact that it’s a pretty sickening, real-life allegory for our consumerist addiction.

One American family suddenly has a whole lot less to be thankful for.

Photo by Brave New Films (Creative Commons)

Eva Holland

Eva Holland is co-editor of Matador Pulse and a regular contributor to the Matador Network. She's also a contributing editor at World Hum. Eva recently quit her day job and gave notice on her apartment, and is currently bouncing around Eastern Ontario, Quebec and upstate New York.


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