PoliTalker
Diversity Makes Greatness
Hello ThatOwlWoman,
Those are your choices for you to justify for yourself.
Personally, I won't shop at Walmart. If I was only thinking of myself I would shop there. I consider it selfish, so I don't. I don't have to be so selfish that I hurt my neighbors. I refuse because I want to support my local economy. I won't shop at Amazon, either. I just can't get past how badly they both treat their workers and suppliers. I don't want to support either of those models.
They both go far beyond simple 'competition to do a good business.' They are both bent on wiping out all competition possible. They are ruthless, and they pull dirty tricks. Did you know that Walmart took out 'dead peasant' insurance policies on rank and file workers? If the worker dies, Walmart gets paid off big. Nothing goes to the struggling poor family of the deceased worker, but Walmart would gladly pocket millions. Often, Walmart never told the workers or their families about it. Amazon had a warehouse with no AC where it got to be 115* in the summer. They refused to back off on their nearly impossible worker productivity quotas, but they did pay to have an ambulance outside for workers who dropped from heat stroke. They also had more workers on call to fill the vacancy if a worker passed out on the floor.
And you know most of those workers do not drink water on the job because they are not allowed enough time to go to the bathroom.
No. I am not going to support that, and I am not going to support any model that sucks wealth out of a local economy and gathers it all for a few people. That's wealth extraction, pure and simple. It's the Class War. I refuse to help them.
And guess what? If you shop around, often you can find better deals elsewhere, anyway.
If we only shop at 2 places, eventually there will BE NO OTHER CHOICES.
When that happens, guess what happens to those 'lower prices everyday?'
(Oh, wait a minute. Walmart can't say that any more. They got sued for saying that and ordered to change their slogan. That's why it is now 'low prices every day.')
Walmart and Amazon are not there to help you or provide low prices. They are there to make a few people very rich. If you shop there you are hurting your local economy and your neighbors.
Those are your choices for you to justify for yourself.
Personally, I won't shop at Walmart. If I was only thinking of myself I would shop there. I consider it selfish, so I don't. I don't have to be so selfish that I hurt my neighbors. I refuse because I want to support my local economy. I won't shop at Amazon, either. I just can't get past how badly they both treat their workers and suppliers. I don't want to support either of those models.
They both go far beyond simple 'competition to do a good business.' They are both bent on wiping out all competition possible. They are ruthless, and they pull dirty tricks. Did you know that Walmart took out 'dead peasant' insurance policies on rank and file workers? If the worker dies, Walmart gets paid off big. Nothing goes to the struggling poor family of the deceased worker, but Walmart would gladly pocket millions. Often, Walmart never told the workers or their families about it. Amazon had a warehouse with no AC where it got to be 115* in the summer. They refused to back off on their nearly impossible worker productivity quotas, but they did pay to have an ambulance outside for workers who dropped from heat stroke. They also had more workers on call to fill the vacancy if a worker passed out on the floor.
And you know most of those workers do not drink water on the job because they are not allowed enough time to go to the bathroom.
No. I am not going to support that, and I am not going to support any model that sucks wealth out of a local economy and gathers it all for a few people. That's wealth extraction, pure and simple. It's the Class War. I refuse to help them.
And guess what? If you shop around, often you can find better deals elsewhere, anyway.
If we only shop at 2 places, eventually there will BE NO OTHER CHOICES.
When that happens, guess what happens to those 'lower prices everyday?'
(Oh, wait a minute. Walmart can't say that any more. They got sued for saying that and ordered to change their slogan. That's why it is now 'low prices every day.')
Walmart and Amazon are not there to help you or provide low prices. They are there to make a few people very rich. If you shop there you are hurting your local economy and your neighbors.
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