by Erik Kain on November 27, 2011
Yesterday I wrote that people shopping from big box and online retailers can save money and use that saved cash to spend on local food and entertainment. A lot of people seemed to miss my point. Some asked why I would want to put an end to local businesses. Of course, I never said anything [...]
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by Erik Kain on November 26, 2011
Reporting for the Times, Erik Lacitis observes protesters at a Walmart Occupy Black Friday event: A 23-year-old protester, who goes by “Brit” and says she works as a barista, explains, “If we all chose to pay a little more, we could shop locally,” meaning not buying the cheaper, imported products. This may sound true enough [...]
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I suspect that at the heart of Robert Frank’s New York Times piece about ending the Black Friday madness rests two things: first, a sense that such overt consumerism is the hallmark of capitalism and that capitalism is somehow morally insufficient; and second, a distaste for the aesthetic of Black Friday – all those plebes [...]
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by Erik Kain on November 23, 2011
Occupy wants to occupy Black Friday and discourage shoppers. But discouraging economic activity is the exact opposite of what protesters say they want. Apparently Occupy protesters around the country are planning protests at big box stores and other national retailers in order to either A) help spur on the imminent downfall of capitalism or B) [...]
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E.D. Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a policy blog at Forbes. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant.
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