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Wall-E vs. Wal-Mart


by: WakeUpWalMart

Tue Feb 10, 2009 at 02:49 PM CST


I watched the great movie Wall-E last night.  If you haven't seen it yet, fire up your Netflix or jot down a note to hit Blockbuster after work.  

If you have seen it, you probably recognized the corporate behemoth of Buy-N-Large. We have a similar, sinister company down here on Earth called Wal-Mart.  

In the movie, Buy-N-Large has gotten so gargantuan and out-of-control that it has taken on every aspect of society: It peddles every possible product at its Supercenters, it sells gas, it controls the banks -- and it has even taken on the role of a quasi-government.

Wal-Mart would love to be Buy-N-Large if it could.  Indeed, the Bentonville behemoth has recently attempted to grow beyond its traditional Supercenter model.  It has introduced gas stations and has even tried to create a bank!

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But perhaps most ominously, Wal-Mart is even getting involved in elections.  During the 2008 election, management pulled employees into meetings to urge them not to vote for Obama because -- gasp! -- he would fight for worker's rights.

The similarity between the Bentonville behemoth and the Buy-N-Large behemoth is funny, but it's scary, too.  It's why I'm doing work with Wake Up Wal-Mart.

Consider Wake Up Wal-Mart as Wall-E.  I know that analogy doesn't really work -- but both WUWM and Wall-E fight/are fighting the behemoth to restore environmental vitality and quality of life back to America.  I urge you to join the fight!

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Haven't seen Wall-E, yet, but someone I know highly recommended it to me this week. Sometimes it seems Wal*Mart has already taken over the world. And isn't that like fundamentally anti-American ~ as in a monopoly?

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Walmart isn't yet a monopoly but its gargantuan size does concern me.  I think the real worry, though, is that fact that is that it is so big AND it treats its employees so poorly.  As America's No. 1 employer, it has an oversized responsibility.  

I don't expect us at WakeUpWalmart.com to get rid of the Bentonville behemoth, but I do want to reform it.


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