you know that the ONLY reason anyone can give me for shopping at wal-mart is that they have the cheapest prices? give me another reason to go there and i might.

i DON’T shop at wal-mart because of their cheap prices. because it’s the principle behind WHY their prices are so cheap. because they have devalued absolutely everything we know to be a rare commodity. because they have instilled their belief that anything can be replaced instead of updated or fixed. because their new motto (save money, live better) is manipulative and degrading.

and the only choice we have is to shop or not shop there. oh capitalism… i learned in my marketing class last year that the only reason wal-mart cannot be considered a monopoly (and therefore be somewhat regulated) is because they technically still have a fair-share of competition. ironic thing though- their competition is f-ing Target. and Kmart. and the rest of the giant multi-billion-dollar companies. ah yes… the free economy… sniff it while it still exists.

Penn & Teller took on Wal-Mart Haters in Season 5 of Penn & Teller’s Bullsh!t!

Southpark had fun with it too. I think that Reason Magazine had an article on it as well.

People who hate Wal-Mart and shop at target are stupid as well. If you can’t stand Capitalism and you favor government regulation, then please by all means learn to speak and read in Spanish. Cuba and Venezuela are not too far away.

I wonder though, if that animation took into effect stores that relocated or closed.

@notfromconcentrate, compare the shoppers at a Walmart to the shoppers at Target. Night and day.

The town I grew up in had a thriving, fun, adventurous downtown area 20 years ago. Then walmart came. The downtown area is laughable now. Candy stores - gone. Toy/gift stores- gone. Florist shops - gone. Clothing stores -gone. hardware shop - gone. Mom n pop groceries - gone. Sports shops/athletic shops - gone. music stores - vanished. All that manages to stay afloat downtown is a dotting of hair salons, money lenders, morgage brokers, banks, insurance companies, and buisnesses that get a majority of customers from the internet. Who wants to have a day out, and go downtown for that?? nooobody.

If you live in a small town, and don’t have a walmart yet… DON’T DO IT! protest, write letters to the city, vote against it, do whatever you can.

Once walmart is in, everyone shops there for “convienience” whether prices are cheaper or not, and the life is drained of a town. Once the damage is done, you have no choice BUT to go to walmart because all the other buisnesses are no longer there.

Walmart is a virus, its a disease that attacks and destroys small towns. I wish there was some way to topple the damn company. Its pure evil.

Sounds like a moment in a horror movie.