Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Wally World

I won't get into discussion of the quarantine timeline, since that's most of what is on social media these days and I'm sure you are as tired of it as I am.

I'll just point out this one thing.

Big box retail has been allowed to continue, in most localities, selling whatever it wants.  And the public, bank accounts overflowing with stimulus TrumpBucks, has been obliging, at record scale.  This lockdown situation has been more lucrative for the mass market than the greatest marketing promotion Wal-Mart, Target, Amazon, McDonalds, Starbucks, and Best Buy put together have ever achieved on their best day with their best messaging and their greatest advertising spend.

Please consider spending at least a few dollars with your local small businesses instead, especially if they are selling online only or pickup only or what have you.  Especially restaurants, as they are the most fragile and yet the most crucial parts of a healthy local small-business ecosystem.

If the mass market gets all your money, eventually awful mass-market jobs are going to be the only jobs remaining.  Hope y'all like wearing a name tag and a smock.

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