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Maybe they didn't outright say it the way you posit. But when Walmart came to town in early 2000s, people happily supported it with open arms. Bragging about ho

Maybe they didn't outright say it the way you posit. But when Walmart came to town in early 2000s, people happily supported it with open arms. Bragging about how cheap they were getting stuff while the mom and pop stores and local sourced department stores folded one by one So their money certainly said it.

edgyquant 3y ago
Yes people have to stretch their money as far as possible. Not everyone makes six figures and has zero kids. People working at factories with families have to make economically smart decisions. It’s a failure of government policy, that frankly hinges on treason, that we even allowed for our small towns and manufacturing base to be hollowed out. No worker ever supported this, it was the intellectual and moneyed class that pushed for this and sold it as some obviously great thing that definitely wasn’t too good to be true.
- georgeplusplus 3y ago
  >>> People working at factories with families have to make economically smart decisions. The poor and lower class alone didn't make Walmart a retail titan. It was the middle class who launched walmart into the top spot and fortunately for them, compared to their lower income peers, they did not have to make those life or death cost saving decisions but chose to like when they wanted a new flat screen TV or niche kitchen appliance These purchases werent truly necessary and id even argue whatever perihperal like a tv and kitchen aplliance they had owned was in working condition, maybe not the top of the line cutting edge device. So this wasn't truly a needed product except for upgrading for the sake of upgrading that the middle class started splurging on the idea of a discount being presented. During that time, as TVs improved year over year I knew several families who would trade theirs in for the yearly imorovement almost like an iPhone upgrade.
  - j4yav 3y ago
    By middle class here are you referring to middle range wage earners?
    - georgeplusplus 3y ago
      Is this what the downvotes are for? I don't think someone has to necessarily be wage earning to be considered middle class. Middle Class is a fairly broad and ubiquitous term used in the USA to refer to a group of the population who doesn't necesarily live paycheck to paycheck or is on government assistance and whose definition probably varies person to person.
      - j4yav 3y ago
        Not sure about the downvotes, but I was curious which part you were referring to because it is a broad group and can be an ambiguous term depending on who you're talking to. The part I personally think of as middle class arent really Walmart shoppers.
      - edgyquant 3y ago
        No the downvotes are likely for responding to a comment with the exact same drivel as the GP it responded to. Make a new point

edgyquant 3y ago

Yes people have to stretch their money as far as possible. Not everyone makes six figures and has zero kids. People working at factories with families have to make economically smart decisions. It’s a failure of government policy, that frankly hinges on treason, that we even allowed for our small towns and manufacturing base to be hollowed out. No worker ever supported this, it was the intellectual and moneyed class that pushed for this and sold it as some obviously great thing that definitely wasn’t too good to be true.

georgeplusplus 3y ago
>>> People working at factories with families have to make economically smart decisions. The poor and lower class alone didn't make Walmart a retail titan. It was the middle class who launched walmart into the top spot and fortunately for them, compared to their lower income peers, they did not have to make those life or death cost saving decisions but chose to like when they wanted a new flat screen TV or niche kitchen appliance These purchases werent truly necessary and id even argue whatever perihperal like a tv and kitchen aplliance they had owned was in working condition, maybe not the top of the line cutting edge device. So this wasn't truly a needed product except for upgrading for the sake of upgrading that the middle class started splurging on the idea of a discount being presented. During that time, as TVs improved year over year I knew several families who would trade theirs in for the yearly imorovement almost like an iPhone upgrade.
- j4yav 3y ago
  By middle class here are you referring to middle range wage earners?
  - georgeplusplus 3y ago
    Is this what the downvotes are for? I don't think someone has to necessarily be wage earning to be considered middle class. Middle Class is a fairly broad and ubiquitous term used in the USA to refer to a group of the population who doesn't necesarily live paycheck to paycheck or is on government assistance and whose definition probably varies person to person.
    - j4yav 3y ago
      Not sure about the downvotes, but I was curious which part you were referring to because it is a broad group and can be an ambiguous term depending on who you're talking to. The part I personally think of as middle class arent really Walmart shoppers.
    - edgyquant 3y ago
      No the downvotes are likely for responding to a comment with the exact same drivel as the GP it responded to. Make a new point