Hi World System folks,
My name is Paula. I've been lurking around your list, cause I'm interested
in a lot of stuff. I'm a waitress, but I hope to do a little writing
before my 50th birthday. Haven't really started yet. Late bloomer.
Anyway, I guess I was pointed to this lists home index on the Left Business
Observer list, since that's the main place I've hung out during my short
net career.
I wanted to relate an experience I had with amazon.com, a couple months ago.
I'm sorry, I can't find the site in my Right-Wingy-Dingies favorites file.
As I recall, it wasn't as wacko as the God Hates Fags site of that horrible
church, but it was more out there than say, the Cato Institute,
reactionary-wise. Anyway, as I got down one distastful lane, there was
amazon.com being a proud associate. It was pretty ugly.
Politically, I think health-care is a right and capitalism is being paid
for by the wrong people. But I love Wal-mart. I love McFrugal even more. I
know they're bad, but the whole thing stinks. Let's attack Nieman-Marcus
for selling sweat shop stuff at zillion dollar mark-ups, instead of the
places that allow people like me to afford Christmas decorations. The
affluent need to see the absurdities of capitalism, the working-class
already knows it bullshit.
Anyway, I don't think I'm overly politically correct at the expense of
reality. Hell, I hate shopping to much. Wal-Mart, Target, and McFrugal are
like trips to Disneyland to me. But I would not buy anything from
amazon.com. If I run across that site, I'll foward it to ya'll.
Enjoy your list.
Paula
ps. Don't get me wrong. I have boycotted and picketed Coke, here in
Atlanta, over South Africa sanctions. I'm not callous or anything.