http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/thanksgiving-as-system-justification-2/ Fri, 24 May 2013 09:25:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/thanksgiving-as-system-justification-2/#comment-13896 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:40:58 +0000 http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/?p=4254#comment-13896 Interesting juxtaposition: The Situationist piece just before this one–on the meaning of the election–began, “our country is on the verge of some major changes.” Admittedly, I live in a deep blue world, but everybody I know gave thanks that Obama had won and that the Bush years were coming to an end. So yes, giving thanks for what we have may support the status quo, but there’s also change we can be thankful for.

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