The dark side of consumerism

By James Adonis
Updated December 7 2012 - 11:46am, first published 11:34am

There was something quite tragic about the Click Frenzy frenzy, wasn’t there? The same could be said about the Black Friday stampedes in the US, the likes of which are bound to be repeated here in Australia on Boxing Day. It’s tasteless consumerism to the max, turning ordinary people into ravenous and mindless shoppers, with flow-on effects in the workplace.

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