[lbo-talk] decentralization, Whole Foods style

Wojtek Sokolowski sokol at jhu.edu
Wed May 28 12:46:23 PDT 2003


Kelley:
>
> pretty much what whole foods is counting on. it's kinda like
> a guy who
> dismisses his failure to do 50% of the house and yard work by
> pointing to
> the guy in the wife beater tee shirt and saying, "Hey, at
> least you don't
> have to put up with that." as if, somehow, you're supposed to
> be grateful
> because he's not a complete sphincter monkey.

If that guy lives in Afghanistan or saudi Arabia - that means more than doing 50% of the chores in the US. In, say, Germany, WF's position would by unaccptable, but in the US which for union organizing is what taleban is for feminism - it is not bad.

Wojtek



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