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If Americans ever wonder why people of the rest of the world hate or dislike the United States, Black Friday (when did it get this name?) would be a good place to start.  The world is in an economic crisis—caused by the US—yet at the same time people in the US are waking up at 4 AM to fight their way into stores, killing a Wal-Mart worker in the process and injuring others (see link below).  If this does not show that America’s and American’s priorities are out of line with reality nothing does.  American consumers are waiting in their pajamas to consume products they do not need while the world looks on in disbelief.  Imagine how this must look to an outside observer; imagine the thoughts running through their head: “I thought their economy was failing, too; I thought people were losing their houses, are we supposed to feel sorry for them?”  The obvious answer is no, this sort of consumer gluttony only hinders any real change in the worldview of the United States.  Here is a country that caused the world economy to falter and somehow its citizens are oblivious.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081128/ap_on_re_us/wal_mart_death

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