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Greta Thunberg On Black Friday: ‘Don’t Buy Stuff You Don’t Need’

Hank Berrien
Greta Thunberg On Black Friday: ‘Don’t Buy Stuff You Don’t Need’
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On Friday, teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg issued a warning and directive to shoppers on Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the calendar: “Don’t buy stuff you don’t need.”

Thunberg also took note it was time for children to skip something they do need — education — by tweeting, “School strike week 119. Today is black Friday. Overconsumption is wrecking present and future living conditions and the planet itself. Don’t buy stuff you don’t need.”

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