I think it would be a good idea to prevent walmart liberalization of the pajaro community.
This has little to do with "hatred of anything big and successful" rather real people have been devastated by walmart in the past and are acting out on that devastation. Its true that walmart makes cheep crap from china more accessible to lower-income families which is important for self-worth in a culture dominated by an ideology material wealth.
But there are other models for archiving self worth. Our community choice about walmart should not be only about survival, we can aim higher than that.
Personally I am inspired by reclaimed factories operating in Argentina. People feel valued there and their work reflects this sense of empowerment.
They make factory decisions democratically and have no over arching government or corporate hierarchy. People are first rather than profits and the productivity of these factories shows that this a stronger motivator than the brutal labor economics of working to survive at whatever price the government regulations or corporate hierarchy cares to pay you.
Re: STOP Wal-Mart from Coming to Your Community!
Date Edited: 22 Jun 2005 06:04:50 PM
This has little to do with "hatred of anything big and successful" rather real people have been devastated by walmart in the past and are acting out on that devastation. Its true that walmart makes cheep crap from china more accessible to lower-income families which is important for self-worth in a culture dominated by an ideology material wealth.
But there are other models for archiving self worth. Our community choice about walmart should not be only about survival, we can aim higher than that.
Personally I am inspired by reclaimed factories operating in Argentina. People feel valued there and their work reflects this sense of empowerment.
They make factory decisions democratically and have no over arching government or corporate hierarchy. People are first rather than profits and the productivity of these factories shows that this a stronger motivator than the brutal labor economics of working to survive at whatever price the government regulations or corporate hierarchy cares to pay you.
We can collectively aim much higher than walmart.
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