It’s amazing how people worship this supposedly perfect former world of “mom and pop shops”, ignoring the terrible prices and selection. Wal Mart won because co

It’s amazing how people worship this supposedly perfect former world of “mom and pop shops”, ignoring the terrible prices and selection. Wal Mart won because consumers liked it better - far better. If we wanted to subsidize tiny stores that were worse on every metric, you are essentially making a museum or charity, at the cost of damaging the entire society via higher prices and worse products.