> These businesses went kaput when industrialization came along. You are equating a renaissance in labor to Walmart? Industrialization brought new jobs to the

> These businesses went kaput when industrialization came along. You are equating a renaissance in labor to Walmart? Industrialization brought new jobs to the table as well. If you used to be a professional seamstress, and you were replaced by a machine, you can now go learn how the machine works and go repair them for all the factories, or help them install them. More than likely you probably got paid more now because of the increased productivity. When Walmart comes into your town, and desolates your small business, you can go work for that Walmart, in a reduced role, with a fraction of the pay. edit: basically tw04's comment.