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FakeNoose

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5. What has happened since the 1980s is the small family-owned stores have been crushed by conglomerates

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Dec 3, 2024, 01:32 PM

Dec 3

... and the same thing has happened in pretty much every industry, from auto repairs to bakeries, offset printing to clothing manufacturing. There's no small family-owned business that can compete with Walmart or Target (or eventually, Amazon.) Many of the small companies sold out and left the industry long ago. Or they just closed up and retired.

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