Why the fuck do we allow the largest "employer" in America to pay such little wages that their "workers" qualify for government programs? Why do we allow this company to subsidize itself off the backs of the American tax payer, fueling their never ending sprawl that destroys local mom and pops across the country? Why do we allow them to force most workers into part time bullshit to avoid paying for benefits when their business model justifies more full time employees. What's it going to take to get people to stand up against this shit? Walmart is hardly the only example.
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We have no class consciousness. That's why. The working class is divided against itself and would rather fight itself then band together and fight our oppressors.
People largely don't vote. The informed voters are an even smaller slice of the pie chart. Even so, it seems most politicians can be bought for shockingly cheap.
Money would have to get out of politics, voting in any election big or small would need a paid holiday, voting itself would have to move off the first passed the post system, etcetera. There's so many steps to be taken in order to get out from under the corporate boot it's hard to keep track of them.
When the entire economic and political landscape has been turned into a casino, it's a steep climb to beat the house at its own game.
Big business bad to many people but it's the point of the USA. I disagree with it. But that's the point of free market capitalism to the exception of anything else, Murica. Insert eagle (red tailed hawk) screech here.
Many countries decide to incentivize smaller stores and punish chain stores. We call this socialism. The US decides to punish small stores with rules that make no sense for a 200sqft store while giving away billions in tax cuts, sorry "incentives", to big stores.
Instead of taking less from those you want to succeed, the US takes more from the individual to give to the big store.
This is an important distinction because big box stores in places that aren't the USA actually have a disadvantage. And their prices are not much lower if at all, relying solely on economies of scale. You can then choose to shop in one which if we're honest has convenience. Open 24 hours a day, get 7 items that have no logistical correlation, get a brand name item that the local store doesn't have, etc. And you don't feel like you're exploiting people at the same time.
I now do almost all of my day to day shopping in small shops. The rest, bigger purchases or weird items, are big online people or online scooter delivery from a mom and pop store but over an app that takes a 5% cut, so I put it in the same category.
Is this so much Wal-Mart's fault or the Chinese gov that way undercuts western wages?
Wal-Mart, they explicitly muscle local supermarkets out of rural towns
Walmart didn't drive her out of business, people who chose lower prices over buying local did.
Walmart lowers prices so low for a few months until it drives local competition out of business (because they can afford to take temporary loss).
Local shops go out of business.
Walmart raises prices so now people are paying even more than they were before Walmart colonized the area.
Rinse and repeat.
Wow, that should be illegal.
Walmart didn’t pay them enough to choose local.
I don't get it, paid who?