Cancel culture goes after Walmart

Smyrna · 2020-12-31T16:48:14.827Z

Thank you for the post. I partially disagree with your analysis. If Walmart created millions of jobs, they did so at the expense of the jobs that were lost because…now look at your last sentence…they didn’t pay their employees and put those businesses that did, out of business. Production, where everyone benefits is one thing but production at the expense of something else must be looked at regarding the net. It’s just like Amazon today. I’ve expressed to my wife that she is to not EVER buy me anything from Amazon. I’d rather pay more, do my business locally and know that…what goes around, comes around and that’s how I live my life.

I sell cars and work to have the highest average gross possible but…also…at the same time, consider the depreciation to the customer when they go over the curb? It’s the net that separates good auto people from the rest.

PurpnGold · 2020-12-31T16:49:28.158Z

Guvnah:

In fact, in many places they have supermarket-only stores

I have one and it’s really good. The only Walmart I shop at

WildRose · 2020-12-31T16:56:27.536Z

This isn’t cancel culture, and free speech is only free from gov’t censure.

There can be and often are consequences for “free speech” and if Wallyworld wants to enter the political arena it’s going to cost them one way or another.

tnt · 2020-12-31T16:58:19.964Z

Smyrna:

Thank you for the post. I partially disagree with your analysis. If Walmart created millions of jobs, they did so at the expense of the jobs that were lost because…now look at your last sentence…they didn’t pay their employees and put those businesses that did, out of business. Production, where everyone benefits is one thing but production at the expense of something else must be looked at regarding the net. It’s just like Amazon today. I’ve expressed to my wife that she is to not EVER buy me anything from Amazon. I’d rather pay more, do my business locally and know that…what goes around, comes around and that’s how I live my life.

I sell cars and work to have the highest average gross possible but…also…at the same time, consider the depreciation to the customer when they go over the curb? It’s the net that separates good auto people from the rest.

We also avoid amazon. Cancelled prime etc…

Re: the first paragraph…I don’t know…you’re kind of sounding like a softie lib…Walmart put people out of business? Shouldn’t those people have worked harder, and bootstraped their way up to prosperity?

Mind you, I don’t agree with that, but that is always the line I hear from conseravtives when we discuss helping americans get by.

And in a capialist system, there is ALWAYS losers. Production where everyone benefits doesn’t exist. The push and pull of supply and demand and competition means someone is always doing better.

But anyway, we are getting far afield from my central point which is, nothing wrong with having a nation of service sector workers instead of facotry workers. We just need to be sure the corps that hire them bear the full cost of the labor by paying them a living wage.

This benefits everyone. The employee has a better life, uses less governement safety nets, which costs us less money, the corp has happier employees who then will be more producive, the competition isn’t disadvantaged by cut throat wage practices…we’re all better for it.

FreeAndClear · 2020-12-31T17:11:00.810Z

Liberty323:

Well those posts are wrong in my opinion. Disagreements are just fine in a healthy society. Perhaps we have reached a point where we are unable to disagree without perceiving the other side as the enemy.

Right. I especially like the like.

The Squad on the Prod Politics

Canceled https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dianne-feinstein-defends-work-after-new-yorker-hit-piece-but-wont-commit-to-finishing-term

WuWei · 2020-12-31T18:36:20.812Z

FreeAndClear:

Liberty323:

Well those posts are wrong in my opinion. Disagreements are just fine in a healthy society. Perhaps we have reached a point where we are unable to disagree without perceiving the other side as the enemy.

Right. I especially like the like.

The Squad on the Prod - #83 by WuWei

I liked it too. She’s canceled off the judiciary committee.

Chris · 2020-12-31T18:48:12.875Z

conan:

There is at least 75 million of us. We can effect change if we all work together.

Biden – 81,284,778 - 51.27%
Trump - 74,224,501 - 46.83%

Biden’s popular vote victory over Trump is larger than Obama’s popular vote victory over Romney.

conan · 2020-12-31T19:01:12.925Z

So…and how many Biden voters are dead?

FreeAndClear · 2020-12-31T19:02:17.607Z

conan:

So…and how many Biden voters are dead?

I hope none died since they voted.

conan · 2020-12-31T19:06:07.304Z

Dying twice?

That would be a cruel trick…

WildRose · 2020-12-31T19:07:23.037Z

Which matters not since we don’t elect presidents by popular vote.

FreeAndClear · 2020-12-31T19:07:28.319Z

conan:

Dying twice?

That would be a cruel trick…

Indeed probably a good time to track down their families and put them through the grinder ala Seth rich. Just to prove that may be something is amiss. Possibly… hopefully.

FreeAndClear · 2020-12-31T19:08:24.001Z

WildRose:

Which matters not since we don’t elect presidents by popular vote.

Then who cares that there are 75 mil “of you”.

WildRose · 2020-12-31T19:11:07.878Z

Perhaps if you read his post, take a few days thinking really hard, and put a lot of effort into it you can divine it on your own.

conan · 2020-12-31T19:11:31.396Z

LOL…good idea.

Guvnah · 2020-12-31T19:25:59.958Z

conan:

Dying twice?

That would be a cruel trick…

It happened to Lazarus.

I suspect that’s why Jesus wept before raising him back from the dead. “Sorry, my friend, but I have to bring you back to this broken world.”

FreeAndClear · 2020-12-31T21:25:03.577Z

WildRose:

Perhaps if you read his post, take a few days thinking really hard, and put a lot of effort into it you can divine it on your own.

Aww. Too cute.

Camp · 2020-12-31T22:03:57.680Z

The muddy water tally.

gooddad409 · 2020-12-31T22:59:15.391Z

SixFoot:

It was stupid for Hawley to take the bait like that, but Wal-Mart really ought to be keeping a tighter leash on their computer nerds. They benefitted more than most during this kung flu fiasco.

I think it was actually smart of Hawley to say what he did. That just made him even more popular with Trump style voters.

The libs would have never liked him no matter what.

What was dumb was the Wal Mart comments. Why alienate any of your customers when you can simply keep your mouth shut instead?

Toll_Collector · 2020-12-31T23:59:46.647Z

I agree with you. Especially your last sentence. That’s the key. It’s not the job, it’s what you’re being paid for the job. Who cares how many jobs a company creates if your employees are miserable because they’re broke?

Even as a young kid in my late teens, and as dopey as I was, I knew I had to get a union job. I’ve been and continue to be union for 30+ years. No way will I ever subject myself to trash employers like Walmart or Amazon. People might laugh, but to me that would be akin to subjugation.