Monday, January 26, 2009

French "Invent" Novel Protest of Capitalism and Materialism

It's in-house shop lifting and inviting shoppers to a free lunch - grin - which we all know capitalism does not offer - "there's no free lunch." But the current bailouts of banks and companies across the world seem like "free lunch" for those who say no free lunch to the rest of us.
[Workers enjoy a picnic among shoppers using food taken from the aisles a giant super market in Bagnolet, near Paris, during a protest action October 25, 2008. Several dozen people from a French group, Workers enjoy a picnic among shoppers using food taken from the aisles a giant super market in Bagnolet, near Paris, during a protest action October 25, 2008. Several dozen people from a French group, "L'Appel et la Pioche" (a play on words - Shovel and Pick) entered a supermarket, selected food items without paying, and ate a picnic amongst shoppers to protest global capitalism, rampant consumerism, bank bail-outs, poor housing, expensive food, profit margins and pretty much everything else that is wrong in the world. (Reuters Photo)
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