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Originally Posted by HoffaLives
laughing at the lemmings still caught in the money/buying/consumerist echo of an ancient pagan ritual.
the amount of $$$ north americans spend on themselves at this time of year is sufficient to end world hunger, provide schooling for everyone, and vaccinate the world against all the major preventable diseases. it's a tremendous influx of carbon into the atmosphere and generates mountains of residual waste. by any standard it is a moral, economic and environmental travesty. but that's what happens when capitalism becomes the major cultural ethic.
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This also produces billions in sales tax, which our government in turn, pisses away on other countries around the world. It's the American way...a country built without financial aid from anyone!