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Quote Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust View Post
these huge stores like Amazon and Google and apple and all this nonsense are destroying the mom and pop shops. They are destroying the culture. They are taking over everything.
Big box stores are nothing new. I remember complaining how Home depot and Lowes took out Sears. Best Buy tko Radio Shack. Nothing sadder than watching Toys R us close their doors but you can argue this keyboard we're all tapping on helped destroy mom and pop shops too. Man you can buy a car online ffs.
A lot of those companies didn’t see the writing on the wall. Sears had a good base built with the sears catoluge which shipped out anything. Radio shack was well positioned to spruce up and update their stores. Amazon grew a lot of independent places and the cardboard industry did very well. A lot of business to trucking companies and so on. I do think they could be subject to
Anti-trust laws and it could become an issue someday. Two out of every five dollars spent online goes to amazon. Say what you well, it is amazing what Jeff Bezos did. He started by selling books. He is also the son of a Cuban immigrant, bright guy. In addition. I’m sure he gives a shitload of money to all the senators for protection, our government is like the mafia