I was having a talk with kc! about buying independent, feeling independent, and how independent a person is or isn’t. I offer this for all to consider.
That fact that you buy a burger at Mcdonalds or a local burger hut isn’t what makes you independent or not. It’s asking yourself if you bought that burger based on lack of choice, a want of buying the best product, or because you want to support a chain or a local restaurant (insert a multitude of other reasons here). When you have answered these questions and choose to spend your dollar against your convictions, you choose to be more or less independent because you choose to be more or less yourself by choosing.
Fooling yourself by justifying a choice against your own convictions doesn’t assure your independent status. I must say here that because you choose to go against your beliefs of supporting a huge chain like Starbucks or Wal-Mart when you feel the need, isn’t going to bring the indies burning golden arches on your lawn, it’s not that black and white. We are the sum of ALL our choices and not just the bad ones.
I have yet to find a local independent who taste good, uses the same or better quality ingrediants, and is as price concious as Subway. I eat their often, does this make me less independent? I think not. I would argue that the fact I have actually thought about why I shop there is what defines me as being independent.
Don’t be bullied into always buying from Jack in the Box because it’s everywhere and there’s a lack of good choices and don’t shy away from buying at Taco Bell if that is what you’ve decided is best for you.
Be independent and know that when you look at yourself in the mirror you’ve made a choice, not been hoodwinked into thinking you had no other option.
The difference is vast, the choices are always up to you.
It’s our job to help you find the companies and people out there helping us to find independent thought, and we’re happy to report that we’ve recently linked up with another great group.
Project Censored has published (for the second year in a row) the top 25 stories to not be reported on by mainstream media. Check the list and see if you think anything was note worthy, I did! I mean who wouldn’t want to know hunger and homelessness in the us is on the rise, that there are health risks in genetically modified foods, or that Cheney’s Halliburton stock rose over 3000 percent last year. Talk about conflict of interest.
By All Norman
“Cannibalization Factor” Eating The Company’s Future
According to a list released this week, Wal-Mart Stores has abandoned a record-shattering 45 proposed projects over the past 10 months — often leaving local officials dejected and confused. Another 19 Wal-Mart projects have been killed by local citizen’s groups. In total, the world’s largest retailer has suffered an historic loss of 64 projects.
The list of store cancellations was compiled by Sprawl-Busters, which has maintained a database on Wal-Mart battles for more than a decade. Since June, 2007, the Arkansas-based retailer has delayed or killed its own stores in the following communities:
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Well it’s not perfect by any means but here’s the definition from Wikipedia. It was the best one that I found.
Globalization is the abstract phenomenon of various processes that has resulted in more interconnections of political, socio-cultural and economic events at the global scale. Globalization can be viewed as an uneven process that strengthens the dependency of major economies on each other while at the same time increasing the distance between economies that depart from the major economies of the world. The implications of the different effects of globalization on different countries show the multi-faceted effects of the similar processes operating in the different countries that are related through globalization.
“Globalization, as a term, is very often used to refer to economic globalization, that is integration of national economies into the international economy through trade, foreign direct investment, capital flows, migration, and spread of technology.[1]
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