South park had a great episode on it.
Ugly Big Box Stores are Literally Bankrupting Cities
Submitted 1 month ago by scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to videos@lemmy.world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7-e_yhEzIw
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mesamunefire@lemmy.world 1 month ago
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 1 month ago
They said break the mirror so I guess let’s break the mirror
clonedhuman@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Other than the paltry poverty-wages they pay employees, almost every dollar that locals spend in a big box store leaves town and travels straight into some billionaire pocket.
kalkulat@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Better a store you can go check stuff out in before you buy … than looking at pictures on a screen and hoping it’s what it pretends to be.
Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Have been for decades
EvilFonzy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It was literally the point of them: massive corporations taking equity away from local communities.