If nobody showed up, the store wouldn’t open.
Because Wal-Mart’s primary demographic demands the best deals (the poor and the middle-class) for Black Friday, Wal-Mart accommodates them.
You can’t harp on one side of the ‘greed’ equation without looking at the other.
/not that I disagree
//the whole Black Friday craziness is just weird to me
I see Black Friday as similar to gambling and I think that is many of the same people who participate, people who hope to get something for nothing or almost for less than it is really worth.