The Wal-Mart Model of Self-Destruction: Lowest Prices, Always

The Wal-Mart Model of Self-Destruction is simple: low prices are all that matters.

The devolution of the American citizen into a self-destructing consumer starts with the devolution of a value system into an monomaniacal obsession: "the only thing that matters is the lowest price," regardless of the true costs or consequences.

The propaganda of marketing has so hollowed out American culture that most citizens cannot recall a time that "Consumerism" wasn't the unofficial religion of American society. And what is the First Commandment of "consumerist religion"? The lowest price is all that matters.

Quality doesn't matter; we're going to move/throw it away anyway. (more)