Shopping to Death

It is simply appalling that our greed has reached the point where we will literally trample people to death to get a deal on something. When the stuff that we consume, consumes us and turns us into robots with no concern for anything other then what we can get, we have become a hopeless society.

If you watched this video or have read the news reports about this worker in a New York Wal-Mart who was trampled to death you have no doubt been struck by the absolute absurdity of this situation. Shoppers ripped the doors off of their hinges and then proceeded to trample an employee of the store. None of the savage shoppers stopped to help him and continued to shop despite the fact that a man had lost his life in the mad dash. Police finally ushered shoppers out of the store with their possessions in hand.

People continued to shop! What have we become? This is absolutely insane!

There was also a shoot out at a Toys ‘R US in California which left two men dead. When did we become so lost that we were willing to murder other people in the name of capitalism. The other horrific stories which do not make it into the main stream press are the effects which our chronic consumption has on the environment and the third world countries which produce the stuff we buy at Wal-Mart.

Now is the time to stand up and say “Enough!” It kills me when people point out that the Wal-Mart is the only company that is able to grow in the midsts of this economic melt down. That is becuase Wal-Mart exploits more people around the world then any other company. It is the biggest company in the world and thus the most harmful and evil company in the world. I wish that this slumping economy caused people to buy local instead of filling the bank accounts of Sam Walton’s kids and the Chinese manufacturing companies who make the plastic crap at Wal-Mart.

I urge you to boycott Wal-Mart this Christmas. We as a family have not shopped there for a long time and we have not missed anything. Buy local. Help the local economy by turning your back on Wal-Mart and supporting local smaller businesses. There is always an alternative but the choice is up to you.

Nobody should loose their life over consumerism. Nobody should be trampled to death becuase of a sale. Nobody should have a shoot-out in a children’s toy store. We must change or there is no hope left for anyone. Change your consumer habits and it will change the world.