Viral Wal-Mart
Lee on Jul 31 2008 at 3:56 pm | Filed under: Economics
Anti-Wal-Mart hysteria seems to have curiously abated somewhat since the corporation started giving more generously to the Democratic Party. Not an uncharacteristic phenomenon for the centralized extortion tactics –er, “grassroots activism” of such campaigns.
But there are still some people creatively fighting the not-so-good fight against your freedom to choose where to shop. This is a good example. A fascinating little animation showing the viral growth of Wal-Mart locations since 1962.
The poster describes the visualization as “worse than AIDS in Africa,” and thereby demonstrates only an incredible capacity for delusional inhumanity. But while some like he will recoil in horror at the vision of Wal-Mart’s geographic expansion from a humble rural backwater to national predominance, to me it’s entirely impressive and worthy of congratulation (for both Wal-Mart and the critical animator).
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Now, I wouldn’t normally be one to take someone to task for hyperbole. However, given the typical politically correct sensibilities of the people who protest Wal-Mart, the idea that it is”worse than AIDS in Africa” is a bit grotesque. Made all the worse because I suspect he/she thinks it is.
Grotesque is a good word. I took it all the way to “inhuman.” Just vile is what such a comparison is.
Tried calling you finally Mr. Lance. Voicemail. Blech.
You might also notice from the timeline that criticism of Wal-Mart only seemed to emerge when it began expanding into the Northeast and California. I’m of the opinion that many of the arguments against Wal-Mart can be easily recast as appeals for the cultural insularity of liberal enclaves.