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Originally Posted by Kevsh
You can't argue with your line of thinking, you've been brainwashed by the consumer machine. WalMart is killing the small stores (and originality and creativity) along with it, not to mention putting many good people out of business.
But hey, I agree for convenience and everyday items it can't be beat ... but would you buy *all* of your Christmas gifts there? My hunch is you would with that mentality!
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We do have a capitalist economy and that does mean that businesses will thrive and others will fail. Wal-Mart puts small stores out of business because people would rather shop with them. As for originality and creativity, I guess the consumers aren't looking for that. When all is said and done, if I can get something cheaper without the "originality and creativity", I'll do it.
I don't shop at Wal-Mart but I used to go to Target a lot in college. I think the Wal-Mart/white trash correlation came from the fact that Wal-Mart expanded in predominanently lower class neighborhoods for awhile. They do bring a ton of jobs into communitites and you'll be hard pressed to find a place where you can shop for DVDs, socks, toilet paper, and some spark plugs in the same place
With that said, there are things bad about Wal-Mart. They should offer better health benefits to workers.