A Thought About That
Black Friday. It is indeed a dark day when a person is killed due to materialistic nonsense. I am referring to the Walmart employee who was trampled when he open the doors to let idiotic shoppers into the store so they could get what they thought were important to them. From the Herculean rush, none of shoppers seemed to think of the harm that their desperate actions could cause. And when they had to close the store temporarily because of the situation, too many were angry because they had already been waiting so long to get their goodies.
Black Friday. Wake up America! Is getting that big screen or laptop worth another’s life? Are you so into your own interests that you can’t be aware of other folk around you? If asked if you are your brother’s keeper, the answer should be yes; for what you do not only affects you but all those who are around you.
The few words put forth here might fall upon deaf ears and blinded eyes due the small footprint this event has in the big picture of world events but this story has many angles to it. One being this was another breakdown of capitalism. Of course we live in a capitalistic society and within this society it is all about the Benjamins which leads to greed and mismanagement for selfish purposes. Greed, mismanagement, selfishness has our economy shaking in its boots right now. And this incident was caused by the same ingredients. Greed, mismanagement of actions, and selfish attitudes (folk trying to get the deal before somebody else) have one family out there wondering “why” the same way we wonder “why” about the economy.
Black Friday. One person gave his all so that our economic situation could get better by one company receiving Benjamins from a thirsty crowd of inconsiderate shoppers.
