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[โ€“] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

No we didn't. Wal-Mart showed up and undercut competition for years to force everyone else out of business, and then jacked up their prices, buy up the property where the competition was at and jack up the rent so they can't come back.

[โ€“] tempest@lemmy.ca 0 points 15 hours ago

That's what they do now (and have done for the last 3 decades but Walmart is a lot older than that and you don't get to be in that position by accident.

They were sourcing cheap Chinese goods in the early 80s.