[quote=AN][quote=flu]I prefer to spend my time watching two groups of grown men trying to bounce a ball around and putting the ball in a small hoop that is above the ground…It’s just too bad they are all on strike because they feel underpaid for doing so :([/quote]
Damn those greedy 1%.[/quote]
Black Friday is dated. I shop Small Business Saturday where American Express paid me $100 (I have four AMEX cards) to shop at local grocery store and restaurant.
My guess is this may be true for 1% of people. It certainly benefits another 1%. A better take may be on consumerism and how it interacts with human nature. We are inherently competitive, and property has probably got something to do with territorial instincts trying to surface in a modern world shaped by rules, and regulations. I’m sure corporate research has unearthed some interesting theories.
http://eastcountymagazine.org/node/7985
November 26, 2011 (San Diego) – Startled shoppers in two San Diego Walmart stores received a message delivered by 75 Occupy San Diego protesters forming a human microphone. The protesters urged Walmart shoppers to support locally-owned small businesses instead of corporate-owned mass merchandizers.
http://occupywallst.org/article/solidarity-striking-chinese-workers/
This Black Friday, as millions of Americans scramble to find the “best deals” on consumer goods, thousands of Chinese manufacturing workers are striking to demand livable wages, job security, and other basic rights. In Huangjiang alone, 8,000 striking shoe factory workers took the streets Thursday, blocking roads and standing down lines of riot police.[/quote]
I love the message they are sending, but think that they should not trespass on private property in order to get their message across.
The most surprising thing about the story is that Wal-Mart security didn’t try to stop them. That was pretty big on their part.
these Walmart security personel probably make near minimum wage and we shouldn’t expect them to solve problems during a crisis.
[quote=CA renter]The most surprising thing about the story is that Wal-Mart security didn’t try to stop them. That was pretty big on their part.[/quote]
