Wal-Mart Monetizes the Occupy Movement

[G_j]

http://billmoyers.com/2013/12/17/wal-mart-monetizes-the-occupy-movement/

Wal-Mart Monetizes the Occupy Movement
December 17, 2013

This holiday season, buy the perfect gift for that loved one who took a stand against America’s plutocracy: a large print of the Occupy encampment at Zuccotti Park. The poster is “printed on Premium Heavy Stock Paper which captures all of the vivid colors and details of the original,” the print-maker writes. “Ready for hanging or framing,” it “would make a great addition to your home or office.”


An outdoors sign for Walmart is seen in Duarte, Calif. Tuesday, May 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

It’s available online through Wal-Mart’s “Marketplace,” a section of the big box chain’s website that allows third parties to post items for sale.

The irony — a poster celebrating a movement that decried capitalism’s excesses sold by the retailer that the same movement pointed to as most illustrative of capitalism’s excesses — is lost on no one.

“Talk about co-opting the opposition,” writes The New York Times’ New York Today blog.

“Quite possibly the only thing funnier than being able to purchase a Ché Guevara tee shirt at a big box chain store would be the ability to buy a panoramic poster featuring Occupy Wall Street’s encampment in Lower Manhattan from that chain,” writes Mediaite’s Andrew Kirell.

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[sabrina 1]

1. They obviously recognize that like it or not, OWS is a historical movement and having zero

principles, other than making money, they chose to profit from it.

It would be great if they donated the profits to Occupiers who are helping the homeless eg.

[BelgianMadCow]

2. Thom Hartmann discussed this with Occupiers, and it would seem

that the poster is being carried by Walmart, yet produced by a small business, which gets the majority of profit. It remains ironic, but still good to know.

Segment here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017165270