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| From | Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com> |
| Subject | Re: All I'm Sayin |
| Date | Wed, 03 Dec 2003 18:49:10 -0500 |
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I'm not even saying that they're NOT contributing to the downfall of
small-town commerce, just that they're not the architects of its downfall,
but a company that's capitalized upon it. Similarly, I'm not arguing that
homogenization isn't a bad thing -- sorry, but when you get right down to
it, most mainstream popular culture has *always* been vapid -- and that I
don't find it kind of sad that I can walk into a Wal-Mart in Ware,
Massachusetts and it looks just like the Wal-Mart in Big Spring, Texas.
But I can also say that about McDonalds -- who if you want to talk about a
company that pioneered cultural homogenization, there's Exhibit A right
there -- or Albertsons or Starbucks or 7-11 or Circuit City or any number
of other chains, too.
S
At 03:19 PM 12/3/2003 -0800, AssociationWorks wrote:
>OK Stewart; if Wal-mart isn't contributing to the downfall of small-town
>commerce, you certainly can't argue the fact that it's contributing to the
>homogenization and growing vapidity of American culture!
>
>Jeff
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