This isn’t “cancel culture”. This is a dumb ass business, that totally goes against the beliefs of their founder, Sam Walton and at the expense of American manufacturing, choose to sell Chinese goods over those from those made in the USA. Walmart knows that China Joe is good for their profits and so they enter the political arena. Well guess what Walmart, people can and have every right to vote with their dollars and that’s what they’re doing.

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The poor everywhere go to Walmart. They’re even strategically placed.

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I wasn’t the one who denigrated WalMart shoppers…:rofl:

Didn’t state you did.

Rumor from 2016 or so…been persistent. FBI is on it.

Sam Walton was a huge proponent and importing goods, as well as modeling Chinese factory work habits.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/secrets/wmchina.html

I was. Sorry. But it reminds me of going into a super market in a poor neighborhood. Totally different experience. Not in a good way either. Like driving in NYC. It’s cut throat and unpleasant. But I understand.

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Thanks. I didn’t realize he’d sold out in his later life, what he preached in his younger while becoming the richest man in the world. It’s a shame that so many do.

I don’t think it’s as quite as cut and dry as many do. Walmart created millions of jobs. (Keep in mind, my families old business was crushed by big box retailers, and personally, I hate shopping in these uniquitous stores void of any character or personality. But still…) And another way to think about it is, would you rather have your kids grow up to work in a US based factory that makes socks, working 10 hours a day on a factory line, or would you rather they work in a store where they can at least move around a little, interact with people, and it’s not quite as back breaking and mind numbing?

To me, the issue is, we somehow have come to idoloize factory workers. We bemoan the loss of factories in the US to over seas competitors. We scream “bring those jobs back!” But the reality is, those jobs are leving because facotry workers in the USA are organized and demand a living wage for their labor. We all know thism right? And even without the unions, we have a minimum wage - low though it may be - that prevents US production of simple goods being cost effective. (Side note - the US is still like the #2 producer of goods in the world. We might even be #1…I forget…it’s just htat we can only be competitive in high price point goods becuase our labor prices are higher because we don’t want to be China where labor is so cheap they essentially have a caste system…a Golded Age to beat the band…)

So we have tons of jobs here that are just different. Instead of making hte socks, we sell the socks. I don’t see that as inherently bad.

But since the retail sector is largely unorganized, labor rates stay incredibly low, and people really can’t live on the wages that Walton pays. Which is why in the onboarding material at Walmart, they teach their employees how to suplement their pay with state and federal assistence - they teach their employees how to get on food stamps while working for Walmart.

This tax payer subsidization of a private corps work force is criminal. And the easiest way to stop it is raise the minimum wage, or unionize retail workers. Raising the minimum wage is easier, faster, and better for the corp. Raise the minimum wage and link it to inflation so it’s no longer a political issue.

Yes, the socks will cost more at Walmart, but not nearly as much as if we somehow started making socks in the US again instead of importing them from China.

Then, working at Walmart becomes a sustaining job. The folks get paid a living wage from their employer , supported by the customers who choose that business, not the tax payers who don’t. They become happier, healthier, our entire country benefits.

TL;DR

The problem with Wlmart isn’t them buying from china, the probelm is not paying a living wage.

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16 years ago, Blockbuster Video had, “over nine THOUSAAAAND!” stores, then along came Netflix.

Over the last 10 years, Wal-Mart’s food section has improved dramatically. The rest of the store, not so much.

Yeah, on one hand that’s good for america because Walmart’s are postioned in a lot of food deserts. Improving access to fresh food is good for our obesity problem.

On the other hand, the same-ness of food selection is depressing. I have family members who food shop in Walmart and they are shocked by some of the things we buy and cook. It’s like that can’t imagine where you find something as exoctic as Edamame…

Good analogy.

Can’t speak to their processed/pre-packaged food selections, as we stay away from those as much as possible. The produce section has an organic sub-section now, and every isle with individual ingredients (flour, oil, dairy, etc.) has organic options as well. Most of the beef comes from local farms.

They’ll easily be able to survive as a grocery market, but the rest of the store is just abysmal these days.

And this is called rationalization of cancel culture.

Points for working Biden into the post

Interesting.

When I was young and fiscally challenged I found cheap diapers at Walmart and would drive 45 minutes out of my way to save at least 200.00 a month over the local grocery chain.

That shopping habit persisted until about 2 years ago when Walmart slowly went downhill with its selection and pricing. Walmart has made a bad habit of copying popular items and then undercutting the cost or eliminating them altogether. Selection used to be a big selling point for me and Walmart took that away.

Now our local grocery chain got smart and offered better selection and some more competitive pricing and won back about 70% of my weekly shopping.

Amazon is also impacting Walmart…though I don’t get much from them.

Another thing to look at is home delivered prepared meals. That market has taken off like a rocket and I am giving one of them a try this week.

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It was stupid for Hawley to take the bait like that, but Wal-Mart really ought to be keeping a tighter leash on their computer nerds. They benefitted more than most during this kung flu fiasco.

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That all sounds pretty promising.

I have a mental block issue with buying food at the same place you can buy a TV or clothes.

I remember being in a Sam’s Club years ago - before Walmarts had food, but Sam’s Clubs did. I was in line behind a guy that had one of those family packs of like 25 pork chops, just packed into the ceran, and the pork chops were kind of bursting out and flopping over the styrofoam plate they were on…and that were right on top of a case of kitty liter and a case of motor oil.

It just kid of grossed me out. Irrational I know…

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I find “Wally World” to be “location appealing”. There are some whose employees are customer friendly and other stores where the employees are lazy ass cretins with a stink assed attitude.
I will confess the only Walmart I’ve visited in the last few years is located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Again, location location location.
There’s one here in Palm Beach county not far away I’ve been told is a good store.

This isn’t canceling, not even a boycott attempt. It’s more of an example of calling them out. Canceling is what liberals do to individuals who don’t toe the line of political correctness.

I’ve yet to find one of the nice ones haha. They are all dystopian nightmares to me. I ceded them to the welfare rabble back in the '90s. The last time I visited one I witnessed a 20 or 30-something female trailing behind her mom, who was riding one of those little carts for the obese people, saying “mom, you bitch, get me some ■■■■■■■ Oreos!”

Like the right did to Colin Kaepernick because he didn’t tow the line?