Upton's words definitely rang true on Black Friday once again this year when thousands of people got up before 3am to get in line at the stores with all the deals. Upton's statement about materialism and consumption definitely was proved accurate when stores' opening hours were pushed up to Thanksgiving night and midnight on Friday morning. Kohl's went to 3am while Target went to 4am. It amazes me what people will do to get the items they want at the best(?) price of the year. It just points to the place materialism has pushed us to as well as how important physical things are to us. Last year, one man even died while people rushed into a store on Black Friday. It's crazy how material things were valued over a human life. I think that's irresponsible and doesn't speak well to our nation's ideals and values.
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