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When will people realise that "progressive" companies like Whole Foods aren't really progressive? They're just good at exploiting whilst distracting customers
by mothsonasloth 6y ago
When will people realise that "progressive" companies like Whole Foods aren't really progressive?
They're just good at exploiting whilst distracting customers with flashy themes like organic, sustainable, environmental, community-minded.
In any business, there is someone or something that is getting squeezed; whether its the environment, producers, manufacturers, suppliers, distributors workers or the customers.
This isn't an argument against capitalism, it's just the reality.
- forgingahead 6y agoIn any business, there is someone or something that is getting squeezed; whether its the environment, producers, manufacturers, suppliers, distributors workers or the customers. This is not a serious claim with strong evidence -- "someone must get shafted" ('squeezed' as you put it) sounds more like an ideological statement than a factual one. I'm the first to agree with you that there can be big problems with how certain companies are run. But you can make the same claim about any organisation of people, whether it is governmental, for-profit, non-profit, or even your weekly men's drinking group.
- javajosh 6y ago"Squeeze" is too vague a word to criticize so carefully. If squeeze just implies "businesses act to reduce cost," then it is trivially true for all business. However the GP might mean "squeeze" to be limited to a coercive act to reduce cost. Which is illegal in theory, but probably happens quite often in practice.
- duud 6y agoEspecially when said progressive company is owned by relentless.com