Creating community without seloc and shtrowloow
September 4th 2009 17:40
YES, I said ManBed. A new phraze I have adhered for this ad hoc campaign. These methodological, manipulating, and mind altering continuum of lights, variety and barcodes, are simply a major tool used for implementing a new world order from within our very own ranks. How you ask?
Just like everybody's once, favourite family board game of Monopoly. As the title describes, buying power and control equals Park Terrace, Trafalgar Square and a Get out of Jail free card. We talk about supporting our local, buying Australian made, but these very institutes we subconsciously wander through, lost in a daze of colours, carbs and confectionary. Then its too late, our trolleys are full of rubbish and we are slowly killing those same, very locals.
We hear of the Farmers who have lost their land through a number of contributing factors, yet the major factor is the immoral, heartless acts of unreasoning entities. To make things worse, this isn't a business struggling and finally succumbing to defeat after a couple of YEARS, that you're sad to see go. Often 5 generations and above of hard work, history, culture and traditional values are swept away like the crop in the droughts. These brothers in arms, seloc and shtrowloow; not only do they unethically, and unfathomably, leverage farmer against farmer, then squeeze every drop out of them, to the point where their livelihood is worth a drop of salty water, to a crop in an Aussie Summer’s Drought. Not only do they then have the nerve to purchase the land off these farmers who now in their painful downturn, but also keep them and work them twice as hard for half the price, on a land that now NO longer belongs to them. They exploit our locals and then have the audacity to market campaigns titled - "SUPPORT OUR FARMERS' where 10c from items purchased are donated to “help farmers struggling”. And of all the Farmers I have had a chat to, none are yet to say that either of these two show any support. These two soulless entities don’t even sign paperwork to guarantee your supply. This is done the old fashioned way; a Hand Shake. Ironic huh??
Thee who puteth out thee fire, lighteth it thyselves – what a great way to create a false sense of security and the role of saviour.
So what can WE do? Slow down! Be thrilled to give your dollars to Frank for his steaks, Nick for his squid, Tony for his apples and Mahmoud for his Chicken. And when you need your other household items, yeah it may not be as close but drive that extra 10 minutes and spend your dollars at your Independents. Your IGA's and your Foodland's, heck even your corner deli (if you still have one??). Don’t let all these guys disappear too. Australia has the largest number of extinct species of flora and fauna in the world per capita, don’t let these guys be added to the list.
And YOU farmers. Band together! It won't take you or them long before you work out that it is YOU guys who have the Power; of supply. Don’t let them snakes slide in between your grass and separate the herd. Congregate, Consolidate, Create and Celebrate an enriched community for our children's future and MANBED these entities.
I want to organize a week of “NO_BUYING_FROM_THESE” – to see the numbers we can get and the effect of redirecting ourpoint of purchase for just one week can do for our LOcALS.
Just like everybody's once, favourite family board game of Monopoly. As the title describes, buying power and control equals Park Terrace, Trafalgar Square and a Get out of Jail free card. We talk about supporting our local, buying Australian made, but these very institutes we subconsciously wander through, lost in a daze of colours, carbs and confectionary. Then its too late, our trolleys are full of rubbish and we are slowly killing those same, very locals.
We hear of the Farmers who have lost their land through a number of contributing factors, yet the major factor is the immoral, heartless acts of unreasoning entities. To make things worse, this isn't a business struggling and finally succumbing to defeat after a couple of YEARS, that you're sad to see go. Often 5 generations and above of hard work, history, culture and traditional values are swept away like the crop in the droughts. These brothers in arms, seloc and shtrowloow; not only do they unethically, and unfathomably, leverage farmer against farmer, then squeeze every drop out of them, to the point where their livelihood is worth a drop of salty water, to a crop in an Aussie Summer’s Drought. Not only do they then have the nerve to purchase the land off these farmers who now in their painful downturn, but also keep them and work them twice as hard for half the price, on a land that now NO longer belongs to them. They exploit our locals and then have the audacity to market campaigns titled - "SUPPORT OUR FARMERS' where 10c from items purchased are donated to “help farmers struggling”. And of all the Farmers I have had a chat to, none are yet to say that either of these two show any support. These two soulless entities don’t even sign paperwork to guarantee your supply. This is done the old fashioned way; a Hand Shake. Ironic huh??
Thee who puteth out thee fire, lighteth it thyselves – what a great way to create a false sense of security and the role of saviour.
So what can WE do? Slow down! Be thrilled to give your dollars to Frank for his steaks, Nick for his squid, Tony for his apples and Mahmoud for his Chicken. And when you need your other household items, yeah it may not be as close but drive that extra 10 minutes and spend your dollars at your Independents. Your IGA's and your Foodland's, heck even your corner deli (if you still have one??). Don’t let all these guys disappear too. Australia has the largest number of extinct species of flora and fauna in the world per capita, don’t let these guys be added to the list.
And YOU farmers. Band together! It won't take you or them long before you work out that it is YOU guys who have the Power; of supply. Don’t let them snakes slide in between your grass and separate the herd. Congregate, Consolidate, Create and Celebrate an enriched community for our children's future and MANBED these entities.
I want to organize a week of “NO_BUYING_FROM_THESE” – to see the numbers we can get and the effect of redirecting ourpoint of purchase for just one week can do for our LOcALS.
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