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But if we don't consolidate retail into mall chains that are loosely committed to that community, it will consolidate into even more-impersonal Amazon warehouse
by btown 9y ago
But if we don't consolidate retail into mall chains that are loosely committed to that community, it will consolidate into even more-impersonal Amazon warehouses! Wal-Mart is not the local-economy defender we wanted, but it's the one it needs right now!
^ very much /s
- jimmaswell 9y agoBesides arguments about subsidization by social safety nets, Wal-Mart would at least mean local jobs, unlike Amazon.