nbcrusader said:
No, we should examine and duplicate.
so sucess no matter what, no matter the cost? should costs to success not be examined? if it's successful, should a 13 year old Nicaraguan girl be working at $.30 an hour to make your shoes? if using sex to sell my product is successful, shouldn't i then sex it up even more? if my television show gets higher ratings the more violence i show, should i not then show more and more and more violence? after all, the only thing that matters is the bottom line, right?
Yes, and we've had controls in place since 1890.
have these regulations been enough to address product selection, treatment of suppliers, competitors, and employees, impact on local communities, and effects on world trade and globalization? or, because we have a bottom line, all other considerations go out the door? have these regulations addressed predatory pricing? are these regulations that have been in place since 1890 not being actively battled by Republicans in Congress and the current administration due to pressure from monopolic corporations like Wal Mart so that we can return to a 19th century model of capitalism with no restrictions on how low minimum wage can go, no limits on the length of the workday, and no weekends? how about Wal Mart employees who cannot get health care? aren't you, the tax payer, just picking up the tab?
We still have choices, including the choice to pay higher prices or lower prices. People tend, to the dismay of unions, to choose lower prices. [/B]
wrong. in many ways, offering lower prices actually destroys free choice and, in a less direct way, results in the massive homogenization and blandness of American culture as well as being a blight on the landscape.
the creation of a monopoly actually results in fewer choices, especially when said monopoly refuses to carry certain books, magazines, and other materials deemed offensive to either a majority of the customers, a vocal enough fraction of the customers who complain, or to the management of these companies.
you may not purchase certain Sheryl Crowe album's at Wal Mart, because she criticizes Wal Mart in one of her songs. if your only available retail outlet is Wal Mart -- and in many parts of the country, unless you want to drive miles and miles and miles, it is your only option -- you cannot purchase that album.
Wal Mart also refuses to stock the "morning after pill" -- is this why so many young girls get pregnant in rural america?
want FHM or Maxim? not at Wal Mart.
want to buy "America (The Book)"? not at Wal Mart.
want to buy an album with explict lyrics? not at Wal Mart, though many artists are now forced to sanitize their works through pressure from the labels so that their work can be sold at Wal Mart.
but you're right. free enterprise must not be questioned. you know, it's not like it's a debatable topic, like climate change ...