The Weekly Gripe

Pseudo American corporate culture

Western coprorate culture

It's all money money money

Would we vote for this?& I can’t answer for everyone but surely the majority would say no, however, this is the world we are accelerating into. Pseudo American corporate culture!



Every city is the same and every shop is selling identical goods. Every bank is selling products no one other than an actuary could tell apart. One big gloppy pseudo American corporate culture.

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18-11-2007St Pancras station has just re-opened. It is a reflection of all the shopping malls and high streets in tourist cities in this country - another temple to Capitalism - the arch-cathedral to consumerism. Literally all the shops that line the platforms and open areas in the new station are all high...moreClose it Down
26-7-2007I can't help thinking that we've got western corporate culture, partly because we voted for it and partly because it has been forced on us. I try to "rebel" against it, by occasionally buying locally grown food. Try and do this as many times a year as you can, even once is better...moreChris
18-6-2007I think we get what we deserve, the majority of people do not like change and are too frightened to try new things.This is a story about an ex-colleague of mine who told me about her trip to thailand (a country I know a little bit and experienced as a wide eyed backpaker just 5 years ago). Let me...moreWALLY
25-5-2007I like this gripe it all rings true, apart from I like starbucks and am happy to have the choice as to whether to drink there or in Costa for example. It may be expensive but I know what I am getting. The fact is big corperations like this dominate because they provide the best standardised product....moreThe Oracle
28-4-2007You can be in any High Street in the Britain and you wouldn't know the difference. Starbucks, Tesco's. Mc D's etc.. It is a lot worse here than in most European towns and cities, at least for example in France there are goverment controls to protect small shops and local shopping areas. ...moreMark
28-4-2007CH O'Leric is absolutely right. Today's big international corporations are monstrosities, and they are largely out of control. They profit only a very few by their operations, their Golden Circle. They rip-off any or all others involved. They rip-off a) Their shareholders [who could be...moreS. Anguinished



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