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Nov. 25th, 2013 04:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogI'm conflicted on the "don't shop on Thanksgiving Day!!!" thing that's been going around for a long time.
It would be nice if people didn't have to work on days that are important to them. And I realize that Thanksgiving is a federal, secular holiday. But there are some people out there who don't have very strong feelings about it one way or another, whether because they're immigrants from a culture that doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving (like Canada?) or for some other reason.
There are also people whose economic situation is such that working Thanksgiving is a benefit. Sometimes there's extra holiday pay, which can make a huge difference. Other times, it's just not losing a day's worth of very much needed income.
I agree that a system that puts people in a position where the loss of a day's worth of wages is a hardship has major faults. But I don't see many people attacking the larger structure around Thanksgiving and the way that our capitalist economy prioritizes money over most everything else. I just see people saying that we shouldn't support places that are open on Thanksgiving.
I appreciate the sentiment. But like so many things, it's just not that simple.
It would be nice if people didn't have to work on days that are important to them. And I realize that Thanksgiving is a federal, secular holiday. But there are some people out there who don't have very strong feelings about it one way or another, whether because they're immigrants from a culture that doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving (like Canada?) or for some other reason.
There are also people whose economic situation is such that working Thanksgiving is a benefit. Sometimes there's extra holiday pay, which can make a huge difference. Other times, it's just not losing a day's worth of very much needed income.
I agree that a system that puts people in a position where the loss of a day's worth of wages is a hardship has major faults. But I don't see many people attacking the larger structure around Thanksgiving and the way that our capitalist economy prioritizes money over most everything else. I just see people saying that we shouldn't support places that are open on Thanksgiving.
I appreciate the sentiment. But like so many things, it's just not that simple.
