The heart of the problem is that most People like Walmart

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18. "The whole horrible thing operates from the collisions of human nature and material reality"

in the context of government policy.
We do not have to live in a place where capitalism dictates the conditions of human existence and we don't have to lose the benefits of capitalist investment to create a better world. We just need to regulate how businesses operate in the geopolitical world.
Only in America do CEOs expect to make 500 times what their highest paid employees make. Only in America do CEOs justify destroying worker's earned pensions in order to compensate themselves more richly. If these practices were illegal, as they ought to be, we would not be subject to that sort of abuse.
It is too simplistic to just accept that Walmart supplies what customers demand. And since Walmart enjoys huge government subsidies, which allow it to bring low priced goods to the customer, it cannot be said that "market-place laws" inevitably bring Walmart like stores to our communities.