Originally Posted by
PJL
We don't have Walmart or Home Depot in Australia ( Microsoft is a bit hard to ignore). However , we do follow the same useless corporate model , with similar companies . It all began in the mid 60's , with the proliferation of large supermarkets , whose main purpose was to monopolize as much of the consumer market as possible , thereby slowly squeezing out most small operators and local general stores . These grew into Malls , to become the brain-dead cultural abomination the we in the West all are forced to suffer . Needless to say , the closer they crawl towards complete monopoly , the higher the prices go , along with a continuing decrease in the quality and nutritional value of the chemically grown , perfect looking produce......and the crappy meat ? Some of that hormone filled garbage would actually glow in the dark ! ......and people wonder why there is a cancer epidemic .