vision2020
Re: Wal-Mart and Globization
Dear Vision2020:
Consumers want Wal Mart over their local merchants?
Yes, I suppose so; but, I am reminded that the devil plays the best tunes.
It is a sad statement about humanity that in this case, the dreaded Wal Mart
does not sell the best tunes, only the cheapest.
Duncan
Robert Anton-Erik wrote:
> I was struck by one of the points made in the AP article Greg included in
> his post--that in both communities it was consumers who wanted Wal-Mart
> and the established businesses who didn't.
...
> Isn't this the way our economic system is supposed to work? Most people
> want (or perhaps think they want) what Wal-Mart, et. al. have to
> offer: cheap and disposable consumer goods.-
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