To be fair, this has been happening for quite a while and it's nothing new to modern society: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

To be fair, this has been happening for quite a while and it's nothing new to modern society: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite Still, this article disturbs me and I will be making more effort to shop locally (I am lucky to live in a massive city however, where I have access to most things a short metro ride away).