DISQUS

Luke · 2 years ago

My response to posts like this is always:

1. Could this ever really work?
2. Is it worth the tremendous cumulative co$t to me? (Wal-Mart always has lower prices. Always.)

The way of Jesus is so impractical.

Jerry · 2 years ago

not practical but necessary

Geoff Holsclaw · 2 years ago

i remember reading in Colossians Re-Mixed that the Empire is winning when we no longer are able to imagine an alternative, when things seems inevitable.

What I was suggesting is not really that practical, but as jerry said, I do think it is necessary.

dlw · 2 years ago

I think there are lessons we can learn from European Christians like Ruth Valerio, author of L is for Lifestyle.

I think if more US Christians pressured Walmart and Target and Costco, we could get them to have more fair trade versions of products that cost somewhat more but are guaranteed to have paid their workers significantly better in better working conditions.

I don't think we can say no completely to MNCs, they are part of the authorities of this age, but I think we can play them off each other somewhat and force them to abide by different rules.

I also think that we shd be pressing for a minimum wage of 60 cents per hour on all products and their parts that are made for export to the US. Sixty cents per hour will enable someone working 3000 hours a week, not uncommon in the third world, to make 5 dollars a day. That may sound like not much, but it would make a diff. It would also help us with our trade-imbalance with PRoChina that hamstrings us from pushing for more protections for Christians there.
dlw