Saturday, November 29, 2008

Murderous Consumerism

Retail Employee Murdered by Rabid Black Friday Consumers

Heed this lurid exemplification of our cannibalistic American middle class (link to NYT article above).

I'm thinking of a new franchise of Cult-of-Consumerism Deprogramming Centers. We need rehabilitation, not a new deal of stimulus crack.

It's time that deserving entrepreneurs step in and get the benefit of this borrowed money rather than it go to those plundering corporates. Is Dr. Drew available?

The futility of discussing the cause of this debacle is obvious.

1 comment:

Roger said...

Can only agree with your Idea about consumerism rehabilitation. Perhaps the current economic woes will deliver a vaccine in someway for the affluenza epidemic infecting the developed nations and as a side effect people may come to realize they can find happiness with less stuff / brands / image and get back to understanding values that enrich our lives fully and emotionally. Roger