One problem is a lot of people really will buy the cheapest thing without even thinking about it. Then 5 years later they'll complain that wages are down, loca

One problem is a lot of people really will buy the cheapest thing without even thinking about it. Then 5 years later they'll complain that wages are down, local shops are closed up, the quality of products they bought went to hell, and the only thing their town has is a raggedy Walmart. It's kind of hard to compete with a multinational trillion dollar corporation that actively seeks to crush your small business through unreasonably low prices and third world manufacturing just to eliminate future competition and secure a profit stream. And now that people thought they'd saved their town from Walmart, Amazon is coming in to clean out the rest.