I just got done watching a great PBS show called Store Wars. The show depicts the struggle of a small town dealing with the decision to allow the construction of a Wal-Mart superstore. Needless to say, the pro Wal-Mart forces win. The story really hits home. It captures that odd feeling of discombobulation when someone disagrees with something that you believe which seems so obvious and logical. For example, the notion that Wal-Mart is beneficial to small towns and communities when in fact it utterly guts small town businesses. On an ominous note, by 2004 Wal-Mart plans on building a new store every day. That is seriously fucked up.
Some anti Wal-Mart links:
Wal-Mart or Wal-bad?
Wal-Mart Memoirs This guy had his site censored by the FBI. Two FBI thugs showed up at his house and tried to intimidate him. That’s another funny/scary/sickening story.