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Originally Posted by Dimman
Why isn't Occupy protesting Walmart or some other store like that? It's a combination of what they are worried about. A corporate entity making billions off the middle class, reducing American economic strength by exporting jobs, and the government looks the other way.
The difficulty is, of course, that the public that desires the low prices is complicit and they themselves are somewhat responsible for their own situation (less decent manufacturing jobs) by shopping there.
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Isn't Walmart part of "Wall Street"?
I don't think Occupy is against low prices. Or profit. Or millionaires, per se. They are against an unfair situation, wherein the very few are exploiting the rest into extinction. Capitalism isn't even capitalism anymore. It's not even monopoly-ism. It's gotten weirder than that. Walmart is destroying every retailer except Walmart. In fact, they've gotten so big, they can start to think about taking over other industries, like healthcare.
People want a chance to make a living and have a life. Nobody's going to be having a life in, say, Greece, for a few generations.