Blog/article - Lidl's Own Earl Grey
When grasping for the remaining teabags in the depths of my emptying box of Lidl's own-brand earl grey this morning, I couldn't help but get carried away in a spiral of thoughts of recent times I had quite defiantly defended my purchases of shop-brand teabags to zealots of the known brands. The arduous task of recovering the teabags from behind a cityscape of mug towers and rival hot-drinks choices gave me much time to think. The assailants, who are admittedly my friends and family, justified their brand loyalties with faith-based anecdotes like: 'at least it's real tea leaves in my tea bags!', or the more diplomatic: 'I'd just rather spend a bit more and get the proper thing...'. None of this would trouble me, were it not for the fact that so often, in the many involuntary discussions on society and the world order I am engaged in, I am employed as the defender of capitalism amidst their vague and incoherent socialist claims. ...