The Burger King of the Beach

My wife and I have been to the same Mexican beach vacation spot for 4 of the past 5 years. We normally station out of Playa del Carmen, a fast growing, international and cosmopolitan beach town that has become the antithesis of Cancun, which sits about 40 miles to the north. Today I was reading some postings on a forum dedicated to Playa del Carmen happenings and noticed quite the backlash to finding out that a Burger King would be moving into a prime retail location in the heart of the “strip” in Playa, as the locals call it. First things first, I do not eat Burger King and I personally find the food repulsive, but not quite as much as McDonalds. However, I must admit that I am always confused by the overblown reactions people have to so-called “corporate food” restaurants. It is almost as if Satan and his friends sit on the board of directors of all American chain restaurants and all they do is concoct ways to force feed mass market capitalist foods down the throats of unsuspecting victims. So you don’t like a business? More power to you, don’t frequent that business and if you feel that strongly about it then inform your friends and families about the business and encourage them not to go, but to complain about how the business should not be allowed to operate is ludicrous. The fact is that people vote with their dollars, plain and simple. Just because you happen to consider yourself part of The Elite™ (the trademark symbol that you will find in our writings is a satirical play on generic constructs usually made up by the left such as The Rich or Big Tobacco) and feel that you know the best way a city should develop and what businesses are best for the rest of society doesn’t mean you have right to deny any individual the ability to choose the business where they wish to voluntarily part with their money. The Elite™ wants to stop Burger King in paradise and prevent Wal-Mart Supercenters in Chicago, but it is the same desire to control the lives of other people and dictate to them what they think is best that drives the issue.