Posted on 12/07/2008 5:54:31 AM PST by Kaslin
“what do recent events at a New York state Walmart say about the state of American culture?”
It speaks volumes about “certain” American cultures.
“This tragedy points to the selfishness of the human heart and demonstrates that greed is not confined to the scions of Wall Street.”
in metropolitan New York.
Very perceptive. The multiculturalists are driving and segregating us inexorably into tribes and clans. These folks were behaving tribally. Tribalism's brutality knows few bounds. Thanks, multiculturalists!
“[I]f we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?...”
Spot on!
I so glad this was written.
A few weeks ago there was an news report about how people who make millions cheat on their taxes. I turned to my husband and said, “As if people who don’t make millions never do.”
Greed is greed. It happens everywhere. Human nature can be very bad and when we take our accountablity to Our Lord out of it, it changes the dynamic.
Lets not forget the savage gang rape and beating of the female Central Park jogger years ago and the young couple who were attacked and raped near the Newark airport by illegals “camping” in the bushes. American culture my rear end, the author is talking about the cultures brought here from the 3rd world, Africa, Mexico, et.al.
Like the elections, people/sheepel let the MSM play them like fiddles....hype the shopping day - hype the supposed bargans - hype the savings and on and on. The day after Thanksgiving is a day I stay home....with good reason. Going to one of those sales is like throwing yourself in front of an on coming train!
This example here is one reason it breaks my heart to think that we might really need a depression to humble some of the selfishness. I with I had faith that the expectation of the government to take care of them all would vanish, but it won't because no one wants to be seen as a heartless leader. Sometimes you have to tear down a society to fix it.
Does this remind anyone of the Roman society? No, it's not a gory as watching lions tear people apart for entertainment, but the wickedness of man is still evident. I think I'm disgusted this morning with my fellow man. This article isn't helping.
As we remove God from American life, the devil steps in to fill the void and the result is what we see on the nightly news and read about in the paper.
It's not consumerism. It's mob mentality. These people want to be part of whatever the mob is doing at the time. If the mob is going to protest milk prices, they protest milk prices. If the mob is going to a concert, they go to that concert. If the mob is going to vote for a candidate, they vote for that candidate.
Mob mentality is far more dangerous than consumerism. Just ask the Founders. They feared it and for very good reason.
Al and Jessie want to know who you are!
Spot On, although in some areas I would agree with others that it's a bad combination of marketing hype and Third World attitudes.
I worked at WallyWorld during last year's Black Friday (eastern Nevada). While there were those who camped out starting at midnight, there was no melee, only a bit of a rush as shoppers fanned out. A couple of smart things management did, and perhaps the NY store did the same, was to have sheets with the locations of specific sale items clearly marked, and the area taped off before hand so there were no line jumpers. Hectic, yes; bargains, yes; but I was surprised that there was no shoving and in fact, apologies when you were bumped and "thank yous" when you gave info about some sale item.
It says people in crowds submit to a "crowd mind." Always have and always will. It's a documented phenomena as old as civilization.
Thank you.
In fact, we have another example in the media.
Once there were only three sources (networks) spouting off nonsense. Now, thanks to the internet, there are countless ones, all echoing and feeding back nonsense. Can't count how many dirges on "American consumerism" I've heard in the past couple of weeks.
We should be appalled at the right things. Things like mob mentality, whether it's WalMart, or in the New Media.
A good question is how will Wal-Mart continue to stock its shelves?
Worldwide shipping, according to the reliable Baltic Dry Index, essentially tracks the cost of cargo ship rental. For this reason, it is a great way to track international trade. In just a few months, it has dropped 93%, indicating that international trade in everything but oil has come to a screeching halt.
That is, when shipping was at its peak, the cost of renting a standard cargo ship was about $450,000/day. Now it is down to $6,300/day. At that price, it is not worth the depreciation to even rent the ship, so ports are full of idle ships.
Zero.
Let's not include half the normal citizens in the population with the animals. The Bell Curve answers all culture questions.
If one achieves, either economically or morally, he is preyed upon by government. Mediocrity is the lesson in schools. Heroes take the shape of Hollywood activists. And the foundation of morality, the churches of the nation, are systematically dismantled.
It is a testament to the power of the system our founding fathers established that we have lasted as long as we have.
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