[Oe List ...] no more free ride

[KroegerD at aol.com]

This issue is most imaginally demonstrated in the 20 min video downloadable  
and viewable at _www.storyofstuff.com_ (http://www.storyofstuff.com) 
 
 
In a message dated 4/8/2008 3:21:12 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
synergi at yahoo.com writes:

Uh-oh.
 
Even the NYTimes says it: "The free ride for American  consumers is ending." 
_http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/business/worldbusiness/08inflate.html?_r=1&h
p=&oref=login&pagewanted=all_ 
(http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/business/worldbusiness/08inflate.html?_r=1&hp=&oref=login&pagewanted=all) 
 
With steadily rising inflation in the nations that ship  cheap goods to 
Wal-Mart, even that giant market dictator won't be able to  continue to stock our 
consumer items at the low prices we've come to  expect.
 
Maybe I better stock up on my favorite cheap shoes at  Wal-Mart before the 
price doubles.
 
Or maybe we should be having a conversation about our  consumerist attitude 
of unconscious entitlement. What is it about us  that we just do not want to 
hear? 
    *   Something about the arrogance of our affluence?  
    *   Something about our hidden economic vulnerability?  
    *   Something about how we're not really insulated  from economic 
suffering anywhere in the world?  
    *   Something about how we're individually and corporately  complicit in 
and responsible for the injustices of economic  system?
This opens up a whole can of worms I'd really rather not  think about. Maybe 
a little trip to Wal-Mart will distract me. Especially if I  happen to find 
just what I think I really need to start feeling  better.
 
Marshall Jones
 
 


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