March 18, 2008
objection? and this is my opinion
In regards to a comment made on my last posting of 81 stores in one month; I just wanted to respond to the comment made by a blogger. Is Wal-Mart really helping the economy more than it is hindering it? I am not entirely against Wal-Mart. That is not what i’m saying. I must admit that I am an avid shopper there among many other students especially when in a college town, almost everyone can’t afford to shop anywhere else but Wal-Mart. I am one of these people. I can admit that. What I am saying and in my hope to reveal in this blog, is that everyone must know what Wal-Mart is doing not only to the economy but socially and environmentally as well. It must be known. That is my purpose of this blog. Now, to answer the question posed by this blogger. Yes, Wal-Mart does help in some ways to bring jobs to the economy but in the process of bringing those jobs there are other negative side affects to the towns, people and environment, which over that past weeks of my blog I have been trying to reveal. But in reality, are these jobs healthy jobs when employees are discriminated against, can’t receive health care, cheated out of overtime etc. While I know that this blog will not stop people from shopping at Wal-Mart, my goal here is to reveal the invisible fence of injustice regarding the company. Another point that I will bring up regarding my last post is that a huge monopoly that Wal-Mart has in its category of business. Is that monopoly really healthy for our economy? Where people no longer have options to buy their food, clothing, electronics etc. Monopolies end up screwing everyone else that can’t compete. I find the healthy aspect of Wal-Mart to the economy hard to believe.
kyleljones said,
March 18, 2008 at 10:29 pm
That is interesting that you bring up the term “invisible fence of justice”. It reminds of the book Fences and Windows. Both terms have the word fence. Furthermore, it made me think of how Wal-Mart creates fences, and what types of formal and informal fences that Wal-Mart has. When I think of a large scale store that has some obvious fences I think of Costco, because they require a membership just to shop there and have security at their door. These fences keep low-socio-economic class customers out of Costco. On the other hand, Costco treats their employees extremly well and has amazing deals. I guess one informal fence that Wal-Mart practice that most employers practice is probably discrimination in employment practices. Although even that is hard to believe because they employee well aged individuals for greeting positions. What kind of fences would you say that Wal-Mart has in the context of the book Fences and Windows?
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