[Question_Assumptions]

No, I don't like Wal-Mart for the same reason why I don't like Microsoft. They are anti-competative and are powerful enough to (A) act with monopoly-like power in the marketplace and (B) ignore the law when it suits them because they can afford the fines. I don't like bullies. When government gets too powerful, it acts like a bully. When individuals get too powerful, they act like a bully. When corporations get too powerful, they act like a bully. It's not a matter of where the power is concentrated but the concentration of power, itself, that is the problem.

[CyberAnt]

Well .. be happy in your opinion!!

[DugwayDuke]

"No, I don't like Wal-Mart for the same reason why I don't like Microsoft. They are anti-competative ..."

Fiddlesticks. Walmart and Microsoft are two of the most competition oriented companies around and that's the secret of their success. Read the article, it's all about how Wal-mart beats their competition by offering goods at the lowest possible price. That is competition.

[Alberta's Child]

They are anti-competative and are powerful enough to (A) act with monopoly-like power in the marketplace . . .

What do you think Wal-Mart's market share is today, and how does it compare to retailers in prior generations? There's no such thing as a retailer with "monopoly-like power" anymore, mainly because retailing by its very nature is very competitive.

[Jaysun]

It's not a matter of where the power is concentrated but the concentration of power, itself, that is the problem.

I think the answer to that problem goes something like this, "to each according to his needs, from each according to his abilities."