[Dilbert San Diego]

And Walmart has become a retail behemoth in recent decades, which put many other businesses on the ropes or out of business. It’s part of the nature of capitalism that this happens.

Whatever happened to Montgomery Ward or Woolworth’s, for example? Whatever happened to Kinney Shoes or Robert Hall clothing stores? Whatever happened to Flying A gas stations? The nature of capitalism is that new companies can come along, and take so much business that the older established companies can’t compete anymore.

[blackdog]

Think of this. A central state utopia becomes a merchant to each person based on their needs. At some point the state just assigns the products based on need. There will be no choices.

So we will re-live the days of the USSR with one peanut butter, one set of bed sheets, one pair of shoes, and two light bulbs.

Amazon is just the foreplay and dating stage in the relationship. Just wait until the honeymoon is over.

[Svartalfiar]

Whatever happened to Flying A gas stations?

They've been replaced so many times, it's currently on Flying J now!