Globalization of the hamburger ! That McDonalds is worldwide, the McDonald brothers and their offspring are wondering if ,We only held on to that 5% interest !? The last McDonalds I read about opening was in France at an exclusive up scale mall next to the Louvre museum. The French people thought it was a disgrace to the world class museum that a McD's was allowed to be in the same class as great works of art. France is the second largest market for McDonalds next to the United States (NPR, 2009 October).
The first concentration camp the Nazis opened was Dachau, were gypsies, Jews, homosexuals, and political opponents were imprisoned( Schlosser, ch.10,p.233). McDonalds, in poor judgement decided to open up a resturaunt! I think this was a poor choice and disrespectful to the victims and to the survivors.
You can drive from East to the west coast and see the golden arches every thirty minutes while driving. I saw the same thing when I was in Germany and driving down the Autobohn. McDonalds is every where and is known by small children of all countries. Saudi Arabia,Kuwait,Yemen,Italy,Hondurous all these countries have McD's and other American fast food available, I have had lunch at most of them . Do you think that the same stories would be written by Schlosser if he interviewed workers and suppliers over seas?
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It funny how they started so small and grew into this empire chain. I just can't believe that these days they are all around the world. Being that I have family in the military the only difference about their McDonalds overseas; is that the food they use milk for is goat milk and I heard it is not good!
ReplyDeleteThis is how I see it: if there are hungry people with (some) money, there will be a McD. It's simple, demand and supply, right? Can we really expect fast-food joints to show respect for people's suffering when they are in the food business? I know it's kind of funny that they have restaurants at Dachau, but I bet the business is blooming with all the tourists visiting the site.
ReplyDeleteI wonder, though, how hungry can one be after seeing that camp...
Ana