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Will writes well as always, and makes a good case. But a lot of the arguments for Wal-Mart are the same as those for illegal immigration, which also keeps prices low.

One could draw an analogy between a community and its Main Street merchants versus Wal-Mart and a country or national community versus illegal immigration. Of course it wouldn't be a perfect analogy, but it would indicate some aspects that Will leaves out.

Someone who really is a localist would react to Will's arguments as one assumes Will or the rest of us would react to those of a liberal or radical globalist for whom nations and borders are meaningless.

I have been to Wal-Mart and appreciate the low prices, but I can understand why someone deeply committed to a particular local community would strongly dislike Wal-Mart, an aggressive chain store.

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I myself never seem to get into a Wal-mart -

but I see Will's points, and if sKerry is against them, I'm for them!