http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2012/11/21/thanksgiving-as-system-justification-5/ Tue, 21 May 2013 14:56:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2012/11/21/thanksgiving-as-system-justification-5/#comment-36932 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:53:35 +0000 http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/?p=19176#comment-36932 [...] Thanksgiving as “System Justification” – via thesituationist.wordpress.com – Thanksgiving has many associations — struggling Pilgrims, crowded airports, autumn leaves, heaping plates, drunken uncles, blowout sales, and so on. At its best, though, Thanksgiving is associated with, well, thanks giving. The holiday provides a moment when many otherwise harried individuals leading hectic lives decelerate just long enough to muster some gratitude for their harvest. Giving thanks — acknowledging that we, as individuals, are not the sole determinants of our own fortunes seems an admirable, humble, and even situationist practice, worthy of its own holiday. [...]

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