>I'm aware that their predatory business practices killed local business
This is simply not true. EVERY competitive free market, large or small, is about persuading customers to come and do business with you, and if you can't attract customers, then there is no market for the product or service you offer.
If one shop owner goes out of business because 10,000 people would rather shop at Walmart, that is no fun AT ALL for that business owner, but the community as a whole has benefitted.
Walmart does an enormous service wherever they are, providing a way for people of lesser means to stretch their budget and get more for their money, while also providing a place where people of lesser education can find employment, gain experience, and improve their lives.
Leo Lewis
The issue is that with their deep pockets they sell so cheap that they lose money. After they've bankrupted all local businesses they jack their prices back up accordingly. Also they give their employees so few hours so they have to compensate their income with food stamps/welfare.
Hudson Evans
I had a German rant about how shitty peanut butter is. Not that he tried it and didn't like it, but because it simply existed and was percieved as very American. Euro OBSESSION is worse than Trump derangement syndrome.
Nathaniel Smith
>After they've bankrupted all local businesses they jack their prices back up accordingly.
I've seen this claim for years, but no one has ever backed it up with actual evidence. Can you provide any examples where Walmart raised prices above the level that existed before they set up shop in an area?
Eli Anderson
>muh star of david megamart fuck off
Adrian Morris
The one in my city literally had a McDonalds inside it when I was a kid. Has a Subway now :(
Charles Bennett
They’re obsessed with seeming “better” than us, it’s all they have anymore
Jason Sanchez
They literally tried to open up here only to go out of buisness rather quickly. Not competitive against german discounters
