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Is
Malevolence
on the Market?
Acheiving Peace and Prosperity in Sales and Consumption
Throughout the past few years, there has
been a rise in interest concerning the Trade
Mart in Village. This market has offered some
incredible opportunities and solutions to
citizens and foreign visitors alike, but the
practices there have become increasingly
less honest and more malicious. The
intangible trades accomplished at the market
have left some with precious little of their
souls with which to reckon. These procedures
take advantage of vulnerable people and
group. They are gradually tearing apart the
Village community’s trust in one another and
charitable inclinations towards each other.
Is this maliciousness simply ingrained in Trade
Mart and Village as a whole today? What can
be done to harness the spiraling market and
its crooked dealings? Can anything change?
If it can, that transformation must begin with
the consumers. After all, customers are the
force whose very complacency toward the
malintent of sellers enables wrongful trading
to continue. Therefore, as shoppers, we must
consider our needs carefully and distinguish
them clearly from our desires. Otherwise, we
may find that the coveted items or benefits
we procure lose their appeal in comparison
with their price tag. We should always
remember that the purchases at Trade
Mart are nonrefundable and, thus,
perilous to execute.
Can anything be done from the seller’s
angle to prevent poor trading practices from
continuing to circulate? Yes, we can, as a
vendors ourselves, be kind, compassionate,
and fair. We can become good examples to
our fellow salespeople. Instead of swindling
our neighbors in a spirit of greed, we should
sell as if we were marketing to ourselves. We
should sometimes even make allowances for
other Villagers that we would make for our
own families or close friends. Finally, we can
teach others to follow our examples as an act
of defiance against the murky morality that is
currently prevalent at Trade Mart.
We may yet make a difference as salespeople
and consumers if we actively resist the group
mentality of insatiability and do not allow
the resulting jealousy and unkindness to rip
from us important components of ourselves.
We are already worth more than the items,
favors, or fixes we may hope to gain. If we
deal wisely and caringly with our resources
then perhaps Trade Mart will become a more
honest
market in the end.
By Michaela L. Baswell