capitalism, by definition, is a stupid and foolish human system
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Meanwhile, Geezer issued a challenge that surely some of the local merchants I deal with must be good capitalists. So I gave him a breakdown of my local grocery stores: A Ralph's, now closed, that locked out its employees during contract negotiations and was fined $25M by the state for illegal pricing (which is why they are now closed), a TJs which is a specialty store that screws its workers, and the only general grocery store Albertson's, which charges exorbitant prices for essential goods.
I asked him to name the good capitalist out of my available choices of local merchants.
Instead, he shifted the goal posts (a trick he often employs), and has so far failed to answer my question.
I'm still waiting.
OONJERAH - We are too dumb to live and smart enough to wipe ourselves out.
"You, who live in any kind of comfort or convenience, do not know how these people can survive these things, do you? They will endure because there is no immediate escape from endurance. Some will die, the rest must live."
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Why not let him chose his own list? Why does it have to be yours? Unless you want to narrow the playing field?
si shen
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Go to Trader Joe's or the Arrow market.
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Chris,isall
I actually do a lot of my shopping at TJs due to prices. But as a store it has its limits, it's not a full service grocery store. And as an employer it treats its workers badly - inconsistent hours, not enough hours AND ... People start at minimum wage and get $.50/ hour raise every 6 months. Consequently, it pays management to treat the more experienced workers badly, to get them to move on. As I chat with many of the employees, I hear what goes on. And I see it in the turnover - I can only think of one part-timer who's still there from 3 years ago. The vast majority are gone by 2. All to save $2.00 - 3.00 per hour. I think I'd actually have to work there to understand the ins and out of their benefits, because it's not WYSIWYG. (For example the Starbucks claims it offers benefits. But the health insurance, which sounds great in theory - is full of restrictions, costs, and exclusions: you need to work 20+ hours per week, as an at will employee you can't count on those hours, the premiums and copays are high, and the coverage poor.) As a business overall, I don't know how environmentally friendly they are, I don't know if they offshore any of the money or avoid taxes, I don't know if they buy from overseas underpaid labor - there are a lot of avenues for corporate malfeasance that I haven't explored. I can say pretty definitely, as an employer they suck. I'm not sure if you would call that being one of the capitalist 'good guys'.
As for Arrow Market, there is none I know of. There is a mom-and-pop liquor/ select items store a couple of blocks from me (Jim's Market ...)
AH - there USED to be an Arrow Market but they closed down after the Albertson's was built.
OONJERAH - We are too dumb to live and smart enough to wipe ourselves out.
"You, who live in any kind of comfort or convenience, do not know how these people can survive these things, do you? They will endure because there is no immediate escape from endurance. Some will die, the rest must live."
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Geezer
Any merchants in your neighborhood you deal with that seem to be after more than the last cent they can squeeze out of you? In 1KIKI's world there aren't.
TH
Why not let him chose his own list? Why does it have to be yours? Unless you want to narrow the playing field?
shifting the goalposts
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"You, who live in any kind of comfort or convenience, do not know how these people can survive these things, do you? They will endure because there is no immediate escape from endurance. Some will die, the rest must live."
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http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cartoon/2014/jun/16/first-dog
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OONJERAH - We are too dumb to live and smart enough to wipe ourselves out.
"You, who live in any kind of comfort or convenience, do not know how these people can survive these things, do you? They will endure because there is no immediate escape from endurance. Some will die, the rest must live."
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Meanwhile, Geezer issued a challenge that surely some of the local merchants I deal with must be good capitalists. So I gave him a breakdown of my local grocery stores: A Ralph's, now closed, that locked out its employees during contract negotiations and was fined $25M by the state for illegal pricing (which is why they are now closed), a TJs which is a specialty store that screws its workers, and the only general grocery store Albertson's, which charges exorbitant prices for essential goods.
I asked him to name the good capitalist out of my available choices of local merchants.
Instead, he shifted the goal posts (a trick he often employs), and has so far failed to answer my question.
I'm still waiting.
OONJERAH - We are too dumb to live and smart enough to wipe ourselves out.
"You, who live in any kind of comfort or convenience, do not know how these people can survive these things, do you? They will endure because there is no immediate escape from endurance. Some will die, the rest must live."
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Quote:Wow MD, Your country is basically the U.S. with a cooler accent....
Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cartoon/2014/jun/16/first-dog
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Originally posted by 1kiki:
Geezer
Any merchants in your neighborhood you deal with that seem to be after more than the last cent they can squeeze out of you? In 1KIKI's world there aren't.
TH
Why not let him chose his own list? Why does it have to be yours? Unless you want to narrow the playing field?
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Changing the goal posts.
Nope, just making sure you don't set the parameters with which others are allowed to reply.
si shen
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