Re: Say NO NO NO to Wal-Mart!!!

occupant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> 
> I have been to Wal-Mart and it had nothing I needed or wanted but then I
> live a simple life.  
> 
> > - Jobs are lost everyday because of Wal-Mart
> 
> When the doors each morning at Wal-Mart people enter.  If no one
> entered, the business would change or close.  
> 
> > - Factories / companies die because of Wal-Mart.
> 
> If Wal-Mart is the largest retailer in the world then factories don't 
> close because of Wal-Mart, they increase production to meet the demands
> of Wal-Mart.
> 
> > - Too much power is given to a single entity, Wal-Mart.
> 
> Wal-Mart has no power.  Customers have all the power.  If customers
> didn't shop at Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart would go bankrupt.

Occupant,

Thanks for posting a sensible message on the subject of Wal-Mart.  So
many people want to make Wal-Mart out to be an evil villain that is
destroying our workers and treasured institutions.  Its so much easier
to paint someone else the bad guy than it is to examine how your own
personal choices effect the world.

Wal-Mart is simply a reflection of the hearts and minds of the
American consumer. And what is in the hearts and minds of American
consumers, at all income levels, is a ravenous desire to buy as much
stuff as possible regardless of the personal, national or
international consequences.  If American consumers were not like this,
Wal-Mart would fold in a few months.

The only way to solve the problems that Wal-Mart allegedly causes is
to change American consumer culture.

Andy