{"id":1356,"date":"2007-02-20T20:13:58","date_gmt":"2007-02-21T01:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/tesco-genocide\/"},"modified":"2007-02-20T20:13:58","modified_gmt":"2007-02-21T01:13:58","slug":"tesco-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/tesco-genocide","title":{"rendered":"Tesco Genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neil Davenport’s take over at Spiked! on why British liberals hate Tesco<\/a> seems markedly similar to why American liberals hate Wal-Mart:<\/p>\n

Tesco does not impose a blue-and-red homogeneity (blimey, it\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s only a shop, not a police state). Instead it sells a fairly staggering array of quality goods at very reasonable prices. By expanding on the \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00cb\u0153one stop shop\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 ethos, it actually helps people save on a very precious commodity: time. Would Tesco\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s critics prefer us to go back to the days when we had to trudge around different shops for hours on end? It\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s hard to see how being chained to the shopping-basket could enable anybody\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s individuality to flourish.<\/p>\n

Many critics appear aghast at Tesco\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s motivation to be the biggest and best. It is interesting to see how the company turned around its ailing fortunes and shook up the retail trade in the process. There was nothing sinister or malign about this development. In fact, you could argue that in an age where know-your-limits modesty and demands to rein in our potential are all-pervasive, Tesco\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00cb\u0153bigger, better, stronger\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 drive makes a refreshing change. Far from shouting this down, we could do with a lot more of this guile and gumption across society as a whole – including in areas that have a greater capacity to revolutionise our lives than shops which sell food, clothes and cheap televisions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Okay, I posted this mainly because I wanted to use that Sneaker Pimps reference in the title. Sue me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Neil Davenport’s take over at Spiked! on why British liberals hate Tesco seems markedly similar to why American liberals hate Wal-Mart: Tesco does not impose a blue-and-red homogeneity (blimey, it\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s only a shop, not a police state). Instead it sells a fairly staggering array of quality goods at very reasonable prices. By expanding on the … <\/p>\n

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