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In reply to the discussion: It's a rare person who has any business criticizing anyone for shopping at Walmart [View all]HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)I shop as locally as possible. Local businesses keep the economy strong. Mega-businesses don't give a shit. And I take offense at the "one-sided view" comment, as well as the accusation of being "belligerent". Neither is true. WalMart is the REASON you have to drive so far to get things. They actively killed your local stores. Is it worth spending $4.00 in gas to save $2.00 on toilet paper?
I prefer shopping by bike. My wife and I used a tandem with a front basket, two side baskets, and fold-out saddle bags to do our shopping 20 years ago. And everywhere we shopped was local (within 6 miles). A farmers' market is far cheaper than any grocery store and the produce is much better.
The only objective WalMart has is to destroy local businesses and become the monopoly so they can charge far more than the local businesses ever did. That's their business model. They're evil on every level. Spending a single penny there just helps them become the empire they want to be.