Steelplate
Bluesman
"shut down" is not passive. It is an action. Therefore a person or persons must have physically gone to the alleged victim's place of business and locked them out of their businesses.Walmart does not "shut down' anyone. Walmart is simply a big general store.
Walmart represents progress.
BTW, we have a Walmart here in town. Not a mile away is a hardware store which is always busy. Why? Because the hardware store sells items not available at Walmart.
Question: Why is it no one on your side of the aisle bitches about Dicks Sporting Goods, Lowes, Home Depot, Best Buy, HH Gregg, KMart, Sears, JC Penney, Macy's... All big box stores. All essentially non-union...
It's not tyranny. You should look up the definition of the word.
Newsflash...When government is involved, there is no choice. Government relies and requires a captive scenario because the government cannot tolerate competition.
We do... it's all part of the "wal-martization" of America... be it Lowe's or the rest you mentioned.... it's all Wal-Mart to me.
I call you out to prove that Wal-Mart and their ilk haven't shut down small businesses across the country.... C'mon... make me a believer.
Now, that is literal. Obviously you are being figurative. Ok, you have the noose around your neck....What you call an unfair shut down, I call progress. No one in business is entitled perpetuity in business.
When you use terms such as "it's all Walmart to me" you lose all credibility.
Your participation in the debate becomes pure emotion and without logic.
Question....is it your premise that the technology and methodology of retail should remain static?
So... big is good.... gotcha.
As to your question... No... it shouldn't stay static... that's ridiculous. However, I don't think that "power Capitalism" works. Let me tell you how Power Capitalism operates. Let's suppose you own a widget shop that sells widgets at a reasonable price. Along comes a huge conglomerate department store that happens to peddle the same widgets you do.
The Huge Conglomerate does some research and finds out that you own your widget shop and it doesn't like the idea of you standing in the way of more sales for them. Because of their size and strength, they undercut your prices...simply because they can afford to take a "break even" stance, or even take a loss until your out of the picture. Even if you try to stay in business by cutting employees' wages and benefits or even laying some off... you're still hosed because they can outlast you.... soon, you're working in their widget department for lowball wages.
Congratulations... you've just been assimilated....or "Wal-Martized".