Dollar stores are fascinating as they are the final piece of the puzzle in the long journey of organizing mass produced consumerist society. This started more t

Dollar stores are fascinating as they are the final piece of the puzzle in the long journey of organizing mass produced consumerist society. This started more than a century ago with the invention of (high end) department stores [0]. The end result is hardly satisfying (or stable): an unstopable stream of plastic pollution, toxic levels of sugar and a reliance on cheap labour in remote lands. All those factors are coming under scrutiny and pressure... [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanamaker%27s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanamaker%27s