Fighting the Supermarket Racket - Raj Patel

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[VerilyTrillionaire]

@anyone Pleeeeaaassseee!! Watch: "Money as debt" and "the secret of oz"

Learn what Money really is and what it is not. Raj Patel is only pointing out trivial matters.

[ptangboy]

If you cant go into a grocery store and leave just buying milk, dont blame any think tanks or "manipulative" product placement, blame your own unfocused and easily swayed mind.

[HunterMann]

@ptangboy I blame the Muzak system! They stole bossa nova music and made it their own. Take the music back!

[angalgra]

YES YES

[WendyLynnMartin]

He's already talked about most of these things, maybe try listening to all his videos and picking up his words. Basically what he is saying is that we need to get back to fresh healthy organic food, fresh clear & pure water, etc. Whether or not one uses fluoride toothpaste is getting a little bit too personal for me. Who cares! That's his business only. I use fluoride toothpaste but also health food store toothpaste too as an alternative although it is more expensive. It helps the stomach.

[todzilla73]

"Hey Raj, Do you think aspartame, hi-fructose corn syrup, and pesticides should be in foods? Do you use fluoride toothpaste and do you drink city water with fluoride in it? Do you support Monsanto and GMO foods? Do you think we should be a NWO? Do you think we should have all cash ran through the RFID-CHIP? These are the questions we need to hear answered."

[artemis12061966]

Brilliant .

[svagrod]

Never go to the supermarket after you smoke pot.You by Way more than you wanted!!!!!!!

[HunterMann]

@svagrod Yes, and pot will make you spell the word "buy" as "by"...

[svagrod]

@HunterMann ...It must suck being an unemployed English teacher! Geez the spelling Nazi's...LMFAO...

[HunterMann]

@svagrod You misspelled "geez" and the plural of Nazi is Nazis, no apostrophe "s". Please explain what LMAO means, since I can;t read that text-speak kind of writing. What's the matter, you don't have time to write entire words? You really should not lower yourself to writing in text slang. It's a temporary fad, don't you get it?

[svagrod]

@HunterMann ...Wow....You are just one of the many, many lonely trolls on youtube,get a life Loser...

[HunterMann]

@svagrod Is it a troll thing to correct people on terrible spelling & grammar? If you can't find an extra 18 seconds to write correctly, why bother? If you want the world to understand and consider your opinions, you might try making such a commitment to your readers. If you have a microwave oven, then you are saving time each day. There's your 18 seconds, man.

[svagrod]

@HunterMann ...HAHAHA, Stop it, your making me bust a gut from laughing so hard!!! You take care of yourself.

[HunterMann]

@svagrod Have you checked your meds lately?....

[svagrod]

@HunterMann ....Go ahead and troll away....whatever gets you through your day...

[ogskeetdizzle]

he doesnt' say a thing about growing our own food, what a jerk.

[oclandestin]

@ogskeetdizzle ... It's only a short clip. He might have mentioned growing food at some point during the talk. Besides, it's more realistic to convert people from supermarket shopping to buying local. Most people don't have the time or inclination to grow their own food. He doesn't exactly warrant being called a jerk for that.

[markflcortez]

Never knew that about bakeries ... interesting

[WendyLynnMartin]

Give the guy a chance, he is so far ahead of us and trying to share information that will at the very least help us understand the world that we live in, how we got to where we are, and how the rest of the world is bearing the brunt of the policies put into place by the powers that be. Just because he has a heart for people eating mud pies does not make him bad or a stupid guy. Most people just don't see it so they don't know, the suffering that's going on in the world. We aren't seeing this.

[DreamTerrorist]

Raj, the fact that corporations attempt to sell you things via the "golden triangle" in a supermarket does not destroy the free will of the consumer. To suggest that Americans are foolish for believing that they can change the world by "shopping" is ridiculous. The goods and services we choose to consume are the only change that an individual can actually bring about, and until each individual freely demands products (resources) which have been produced in a moral fashion -nothing will change.

[vvsmash]

it IS bloody trade NOW. Fair trade is good . It is being stiffled in parts of the world by greedy socialist commies. They hoard every dollar print more to hoard in pile and charge taxes they call interest for the central banks they own.

[Ben1607]

right now, we got what we got. Fair trade? As long as someone thinks they can make a buck by doing SOMETHING to actually make human lives better... even a little... i dont care if the guy is a greedy cocksucker... ill pay a little extra just to make that statement.

[MartijndeGraaf1001]

people allow themselves to be seduced to by sales tricks.

A supermarket can maniplate a person, if the person allows him/herself to be manipulated, wether it ibe conscious or subconscious.

[JasmineMcEgan]

True, just like anyone who believes this man is some kind of genius who cares for them. He is a deceiver.

[Adahondeayenh]

This person sounds like he is working for the secret societies, the way he casually threw out that "GOLDEN TRIANGLE" -- providence-worship.

[bijan84]

You need to read his books.

[Adahondeayenh]

How are his books? Have you read them?

[spyked1]

@Adahondeayenh i have read one... the value of O. Its a great book. loads of fun with an activist bent. The first part is is a very apt definition of the problem. Even though its a bit simplistic (made 4 the masses), it serves its purpose very well. The second bit's a bit sketchy. It's too hopeful and really serves to make you ,the reader, feel like there is hope when really, there is none. I liked the book and Raj is an amazing thinker but like all great thinkers, he's an idealist.

[gladystaca]

Excellent, succinct commentary! "the American delusion... we'll change the world through shopping"

[mabell01]

@gladystaca Actually we are changing the world by shopping. It's just not for the better.

[8data]

hey shaun riggaunan, industrial organizational labour studies department researcher in south africa, this guy reminds me of you

brillant and great public intellect and urbane

taxe care friend, i hope you are allright

best,

gabriel

[rebharath]

doesn't using a grocery list defeat the supermarket traps outlined in this clip?

[ls1z28chris]

Using a grocery list does, but it is still important to be aware of those practices.

[andocrates]

Not sure where he's going with this one.

[jacknewt]

I actually view supermarkets as a very clear-cut benefit of capitalism. Since average supermarkets in the US contain over 50,000 different items, all at competitive prices, I am very pleased with the current state of supermarkets. I don't believe I am manipulated to buy anything--supermarkets are only trying to please me by selling me food and making the place smell good by setting up a bakery. What I buy IS my choice.

[adoreMomus]

@jacknewt ...why are you here? you have no grip of anything.

[tbg538]

What am I supposed to do if I can't even buy fair trade?? What am i supposed to do? First it's meat, politics, the media (which I can understand), and now supermarkets????! What is this? I'm tired of everything being "American". It's not our fault that corporations run this county. Guess what?? I'm aware of that. What more do we need to do? Sell all of my shit and move to the forest? I have to live. I have to buy food.

[fishbowl4202]

my friend, there are solutions to everything. your best chance at wresting your freedom from the corporate grasp requires only two simple farming/factory tools. the hammer and the sickle

[toolshed333]

My supermarket has milk in the front by checkout and also in the back. I think this guy is making and exaggeration. Supermarkets are wonderful places, at least mine is anyways. Mine even have a large health foods section. I wonder where he goes shopping.

[LothairApoclyane]

sounds like david icke. we're surrendering our freedom! we're disempowered!

[truthadvocate]

Companies use strategies to sell more products. So what? Any human being has the ability to control himself in a supermarket. There's a much simpler solution: health eduction. If people are informed and they still choose to live unhealthy lives for instant gratification, that's their choice! I'm more interested in why malnourished countries don't have access to good nutrition. Those people obviously have no choice. Their political history has not been conducive to food production or trade.

[bobparis]

They should be required to package their stuff packaged in hideous colors, and put it on shelves above or below eye level, so we can't find it. Stores should be required to smell like manure and vomit, so nobody will have any appetite and the customers will want to spend as little time there as possible. We must do all these things in order to preserve our freedom!

[speciesamused]

I have been grocery shopping for over 20 years. When you go, do not go hungry. Take a list of what you need and stick to it. Your foolish if you spend money on junk. Stick to your list. I keep a list on the fridge and we add to it as we run out. If possible it is always best to buy from your local farmers, some smaller stores do contract with local farmers. I actually grow alot of my own vegis and fruits. But it is getting more and more difficult with the heat. "Hurry up and buy"

[8data]

speciesamused, I put thumbs down when I meant thumbs up to your comment, sorry,

food industry has always been the main source

of inequality and inequity in society

[proteanview]

This guy is good!

Go Bears!

[xinyangzi]

cutee! and relevant