Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Why Capitalism Always Wins

Because the PC villain will become the hero.

Excerpts from: Why we don't hate Wal-Mart anymore, by Hank Gilman, deputy managing editor, Fortune

It seems like only days ago that Wal-Mart was the most evil company on the planet. . . Now the masses don't seem all that concerned about the biggest retailer in America stomping us all like the aliens did in Independence Day.

Let's go to the numbers. If you did a database search . . . there were some 47 stories in 2006 with the words "evil" within ten words of a "Wal-Mart" mention. So far in 2009: only two. Of all stories with at least two mentions of Wal-Mart, there were more than 14,000 in 2006 and just under 5,000 this year.

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  1. Austin wolalNovember 1, 2009 at 10:16 PM

    It's become politicaly incorrect to use the word "evil." A suggested replacement would be, "while I full heartedly respect you as a (insert noun here), I regret to inform you that I do not see 'eye to eye' with your overall view on (insert subject or topic here)."

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