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Blame the people who shop at the stores that open on Thanksgiving<\/a>. \u00a0 The dark, underside of a free, commercialized economic is the tendency to value money and bargains above all things, including the ability of others to spend time with their families so you can save a buck on something you don\u2019t need.<\/p>\n

People who support capitalism, the free market, and a consumer driven economy would do well to admit to the abuses and the deviation from basic, common sense decency. \u00a0Nothing helps dismantle a good system than denying even the best systems have problems. \u00a0No excuses. No appeals to the bottom line. Just say it\u2019s wrong and it would be better to change back to some family time for those whose jobs entail the wants of life rather than the needs.<\/p>\n

Oh, and that will help keep Thanksgiving alive. \u00a0Like Christmas, the only thing that keeps it going today is the fact that economic well being is still attached to it as the kick off to America\u2019s annual spending frenzy. \u00a0Take away it\u2019s role in the December economic boon, and I fear it will eventually be discarded as yet another relic of a racist, genocidal and imperialistic civilization that would do well to finally be forgotten.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"