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Originally Posted by Drolefille
I get why some people don't like Walmart as a business, but I rarely see that criticism without some pretty disgusting examples of classism along with it. It kind of taints the relatively good points that people have. That said, I'm pretty impressed by some of the changes Walmart's made, it doesn't erase that they're taking over, but it can have positive effects too.
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That's only a factor of who you're talking to and what you're reading/listening to. For instance, the inequality and work and organization scholars who criticize Walmart are doing so on the basis of how Walmart, in general, treats its employees which is classic capitalism and conflict perspective sentiments. It is also about what happens when Walmarts show up in areas that don't have other options. That's about the social class and race demographics of people who tend to have
no choice but to shop at Walmart in some areas; and the social class and race of people who are most likely to have
no choice but to work at Walmart. Exploitation of labor, exploitation of the consumer dollar, damn near monopolies in some areas, and an orgasmic capitalism experience on the part of the capitalists. While we are all subjected to this, the working class and poor are more likely than other social classes to be unable to escape it or buffer some of its effects.
Afterall, all "types of people" shop at Walmart. (I've been trying to keep some of my family and friends from it for years to no avail) That's why Walmart has taken over the country. It certainly didn't take over the country only because millions of working class and poor people (who some consider "trash") have no choice but to patron it.
I have a book about the Walmartization of the world. Amazonnnn also has some decent books about the cons and pros (the very few pros that there could be) of Walmart.
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