{"id":49332,"date":"2022-08-11T20:24:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T20:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/08\/11\/whole-foods-ceo-socialists-are-taking-over\/"},"modified":"2022-08-11T20:24:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T20:24:04","slug":"whole-foods-ceo-socialists-are-taking-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/08\/11\/whole-foods-ceo-socialists-are-taking-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Whole Foods CEO: “Socialists are taking over”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Whole Foods co-founder and CEO John Mackey fears socialism is on the rise in the US<\/p>\n

“My concern is that I feel like the socialists are taking over,” Mackey, who will retire from the Amazon-owned grocery chain at the end of the month after 44 years with the company, said in a podcast this week with Reason magazine. . “They march through the institutions.”<\/p>\n

Socialists “have taken over education. They seem to have taken over a lot of corporations. They seem to have taken over the military. And it just keeps going, so I’m very worried,” he added.<\/p>\n

Mackey, who champions the idea of \u200b\u200b”conscious capitalism” \u2014 which he describes as a management philosophy focused on ethical ways of doing business \u2014 also questioned the work ethic of younger Americans.<\/p>\n

“I feel like I’ve become my father. I don’t understand the younger generation; they don’t seem to want to work,” Mackey, 68, told Reason, saying the enhanced unemployment benefits offered in people who lost their jobs. during the COVID-19[feminine]<\/span> The pandemic had made it difficult for Whole Foods to find workers. <\/p>\n

Non-federal unemployment assistance ended in September 2021. <\/p>\n

Amazon bought Whole Foods <\/span>in 2017 for $13.7 billion. <\/p>\n

After his career at Whole Foods ends, Mackey plans to launch a chain of plant-based restaurants, along with medical wellness centers, according to Bloomberg. <\/p>\n

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