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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:43 AM Original message |
Is "Conscious Capitalism" just a scam or do you find John Mackey credible? |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. Compassionate Conservatism Redux |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Isn't it incredible how some people can get taken in by that foolishness? nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. Scam. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. You don't think they will just "give up profits" like some people suggest they might? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Indeed...a few years ago when "microlending" was all the capitalist rage |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I was always skeptical of microlending. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
5. It's all PR......the "conscience" will go poof when it adversely affects the earnings statement. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. So you think it's just image management, right? |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
6. Pure nonsense and weak ass neoliberal rhetoric to avoid responsible regulation |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
8. See an awesome RSA Animate of Zizek on charity |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Thanks, love their stuff...love this one, too! |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
11. Trust us, we're not going to steal your (FILL IN BLANK) any more. |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
12. Mr. Mackey has apparently been asleep for the past four years |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #12 |
32. LOL best answer yet! nt |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
13. John Mackey was an ass long before Whole Paycheck. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
33. +1 nt |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
14. Why do some dudes have to unrec this? nt |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Because the unrec trolls are everywhere. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. It's weird. I recced it to "+2" before I commented. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. It is not the subject itself, but the man and market wrapped in it |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
16. Fuck him and fuck it. |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
17. more bullshit from the horse's ass |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
18. I think it's naive, but I'd rather work for John Mackey |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:50 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. They are very anti-union. Here's a link for you. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. good for you. sarcasm intended. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Whole Foods Parking Lot - Music Video |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #18 |
34. I have several friends that work at whole foods... |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
22. Right.... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. But some people believe yhey would "self-regulate". |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
24. His markets stink, the service is rotten, the marketing is |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
26. Any good examples of "conscious commerce" rather than capitalism? |
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yella_dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
27. Corporations are by law sociopathic. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
29. Petty bourgeois pablum |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
31. Let's make one thing clear, wacky mackey is not a Democrat |
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Chimichurri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
35. This a right wing Free-Marketeer in new packaging. Like changing High Fructose |
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dissidentboomer (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
36. Shopped at one in Dallas |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
37. Complete crap. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
38. k |
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working for good (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
39. The Case for Conscious Capitalism |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. even if I were to assume that HIS motives are good and pure... |
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working for good (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 11:55 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Reply |
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working for good (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 11:23 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Reply to your question on Conscious Capitalism |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 11:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
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Lord_Proprietor (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
44. "Conscious Capitalism thing being pushed by John Mackey" |
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