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Black Friday

“I got a Dyson”: Notes from the frontlines of Black Friday

November 30, 2014 by Randal

Consumerism in its purest formulation is not about acquiring particular material goods. Rather, it is about the act of acquiring itself. I saw a great illustration of this principle yesterday when I read an account of one woman’s experience at a Black Friday sale. According to the article in The Guardian, Louise Haggerty lined up at midnight hoping […]

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