Liberal Forum

FOS » 29 Apr 2021, 3:54 pm » wrote: ↑

29 Apr 2021, 3:54 pm

i dont think mackey is well educated on political ideology, but his intuition has apparently led him to a fascist business model (he himself would of course fervently deny it). And the whole employee voting on who they work with has of course resulted in the fact that almost all employees are white men.

...is fos starting to turn libertardian?...     

"...In a debate in the October 2005 issue of Reason magazine among Mackey, economist Milton Friedman, and entrepreneur T. J. Rodgers, Mackey said that he is a free-market libertarian.[24] He said that he used to be a democratic socialist in college.[25] As a beginning businessman, he was challenged by workers for not paying adequate wages and by customers for overcharging, during a time when he was having difficulty breaking even. He began to take a more capitalistic worldview, and discovered the works of Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, and Milton Friedman.[26] Mackey is an admirer of some of Ayn Rand's novels.[27]" 

peepee » 06 Jul 2022, 9:32 am » wrote: ↑

06 Jul 2022, 9:32 am

...is fos starting to turn libertardian?...  :rofl:   :die:  

"...In a debate in the October 2005 issue of Reason magazine among Mackey, economist Milton Friedman, and entrepreneur T. J. Rodgers, Mackey said that he is a free-market libertarian.[24] He said that he used to be a democratic socialist in college.[25] As a beginning businessman, he was challenged by workers for not paying adequate wages and by customers for overcharging, during a time when he was having difficulty breaking even. He began to take a more capitalistic worldview, and discovered the works of Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, and Milton Friedman.[26] Mackey is an admirer of some of Ayn Rand's novels.[27]" 

Changing typecast personalities defined by social consensus practiced historically doesn't change the habits of denying the self evident.

omh » 06 Jul 2022, 9:36 am » wrote: ↑

06 Jul 2022, 9:36 am

Changing typecast personalities defined by social consensus practiced historically doesn't change the habits of denying the self evident fact that i'm a blathering f@cking @sshole...

 

Whole Foods practices niche marketing. I am more of an Aldis customer, but on rare occasions, I go to Whole Foods because they have items that I need for specific recipes that I cannot obtain at Aldi's or Publix or perhaps Sedano's. There is a nice Whole Foods Supermarket on Biscayne Boulevard, and it is a pleasant place to shop. The prices are higher than elsewhere, bit the workers are helpful and cheerful. And the parking lot is usually full. My opinion is that Whole Foods knows more about its business that our resident Nazi.
He just is not a member of the niche that Whole Foods caters to.
 

Xavier_Onassis » 06 Jul 2022, 10:42 am » wrote: ↑

06 Jul 2022, 10:42 am

Whole Foods practices niche marketing. I am more of an Aldis customer, but on rare occasions, I go to Whole Foods because they have items that I need for specific recipes that I cannot obtain at Aldi's or Publix or perhaps Sedano's. There is a nice Whole Foods Supermarket on Biscayne Boulevard, and it is a pleasant place to shop. The prices are higher than elsewhere, bit the workers are helpful and cheerful. And the parking lot is usually full. My opinion is that Whole Foods knows more about its business that our resident Nazi.
He just is not a member of the niche that Whole Foods caters to.
 

I don't shop either.

FOS » 29 Apr 2021, 3:59 pm » wrote: ↑

29 Apr 2021, 3:59 pm

i agree.

Mackey is a fairly genuine guy. but a bit naive.

Or else he is not AT ALL naive, and assiduously stays in his chosen lane...
 

Abatjour » 29 Apr 2021, 7:57 pm » wrote: ↑

29 Apr 2021, 7:57 pm

I feel like you are willfully avoiding how bizarre you appear, by feeling we should be able to dictate to Amazon how to run a business that they purchased to run in whichever way they please.

And my claim stands. We have no grounds to try to tell Amazon what to do with Whole Foods.

I also disagree with the OP's argument that citizens should get to vote on how amazon treats whole foods. 

I was all like, what? No we shouldn't.

What ever happened to abatjour - he was SO gay in a bad way.
 

Unfortunately this one aged poorly LMAO

peepee » 06 Jul 2022, 9:32 am » wrote: ↑

06 Jul 2022, 9:32 am

...is fos starting to turn libertardian?...     

"...In a debate in the October 2005 issue of Reason magazine among Mackey, economist Milton Friedman, and entrepreneur T. J. Rodgers, Mackey said that he is a free-market libertarian.[24] He said that he used to be a democratic socialist in college.[25] As a beginning businessman, he was challenged by workers for not paying adequate wages and by customers for overcharging, during a time when he was having difficulty breaking even. He began to take a more capitalistic worldview, and discovered the works of Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, and Milton Friedman.[26] Mackey is an admirer of some of Ayn Rand's novels.[27]"

Who is your current sock?  There’s just three of you left.

I see Whore Foods is still around. Hundreds of stores?

Xavier_Onassis » 06 Jul 2022, 10:42 am » wrote: ↑

06 Jul 2022, 10:42 am

Whole Foods practices niche marketing. I am more of an Aldis customer, but on rare occasions, I go to Whole Foods because they have items that I need for specific recipes that I cannot obtain at Aldi's or Publix or perhaps Sedano's. There is a nice Whole Foods Supermarket on Biscayne Boulevard, and it is a pleasant place to shop. The prices are higher than elsewhere, bit the workers are helpful and cheerful. And the parking lot is usually full. My opinion is that Whole Foods knows more about its business that our resident Nazi.
He just is not a member of the niche that Whole Foods caters to.

Whore Foods does some of that to keep out the riff-raff.  It generally works but not always—you still shop there.