You may have heard of the Occupy Movement, which is basically centered around economical inequality and social inequality as well. They hate the high unemployment, greed, and corruption.
This is why they support Buy Nothing Day, which is a holiday against consumerism. Usually it takes place during November 25th and 26th. In 1997 it was put on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
The entire holiday clashes with Black Friday, which is the admittedly more popular way to spend your Friday after Thanksgiving. While Black Friday encourages spending lots of money on random items, Buy Nothing Day does the opposite.
One of the activities you can participate in on Buy Nothing Day is the zombie walk, where you walk around like a zombie, and when someone asks you about it you tell them about Buy Nothing Day. Another is the free non-commercial street party. There are actually many other interesting things you can do for this holiday. So happy No Buy Day!
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