> Wal-Mart is one of the most successful businesses of all time. Why? I'll offer a reason; unlike many of their competitors they've deftly avoided unionization

> Wal-Mart is one of the most successful businesses of all time. Why? I'll offer a reason; unlike many of their competitors they've deftly avoided unionization. I offer no proof that this is the reason, and you offer no reason at all. Only "they're successful so they're right." What do you hope to achieve with this simple minded assertion? > What would "disrupting" poverty be, if not enabling the poor to afford things they couldn't before? Walmart isn't magical; equivalent goods are not an order of magnitude lower in price then elsewhere, and the benefit of the small difference in cost applies only to consumer goods Walmart sells; not housing, utilities, vehicles, taxes, healthcare, etc. These represent a vastly greater burden than the marginal savings obtained shopping at Walmart. At best Walmart is minor mitigation. This sophistry appears in every discussion of poverty, welfare, etc.