Is the purpose of a store to sell goods to people or to make it so you can retire after sucking it dry? For what it's worth, I do have a 401(k), I AM holier th

Is the purpose of a store to sell goods to people or to make it so you can retire after sucking it dry? For what it's worth, I do have a 401(k), I AM holier than thee, and I don't think we should cannibalize every last business on earth and sell its organs in an alley in the name of economic growth. But those decisions are above my pay grade.