A few months ago, I wrote a blog noting that Forever 21 had slashed employee hours to part time in order to avoid providing them health care. Forever 21 responded that the issue was much more about sales then ACA. The owners of Forever 21, a private company, had a rough period the last few years, increasing their net worth by $3B, a 300% increase. We all know it's been hard times.
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With their announcement that that they this had nothing to do with politics that followed, we all figured Forever 21 was out of the politics game.
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Then, today, in a post on the Ayn Rand blog and Ayn Rand Facebook, the Randites announces the new Forever 21 set of outfits, plastered with Ayn Rand phrases.
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Forever 21 has a penchant for releasing controversial clothing, but a recent muscle tee emblazoned with the words of Ayn Rand seems puzzling for the fashion line targeted towards teens.
The “Unstoppable Muscle Tee,” priced at $11.80, bears a quote from the author and philospher, framed as a motivational statement:
“The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me.” — Ayn Rand
The quote refers to Rand’s capitalist-based theory of objectivism — that the moral purpose of life is rational self interest — a concept we highly doubt is taught in high school classrooms or discussed among teen lunchroom conversations. And it’s not much of a theory to stand by for an age group that still financially relies on their parents.
Well, apparently no one managed to stop Forever 21, who's employees stayed at part time with no benefits.
No amazing point. I realize this is one of those stories that 'lasted for a while, and then people forget and move on', the slogan of corporations that practice this way and get away with it. But them coming back to put an exclamation mark like a victory lap on their activities is kind of.. crass.