Following the relevant excerpt from :Wal-Mart changes way we buy -- and way we think
by conservative columnist Kathleen Parker, ash cites her disingenuousness.
On the home front, [Charles] Fishman argues that critics are wrong when they say that Wal-Mart puts little people out of business. We (consumers) put little people out of business, he says. We vote with our wallets, and we’re the ones who choose Wal-Mart over local stores. Wal-Mart, in that sense, is the ultimate model of democracy.
In her latest column, Kathleen Parker quotes author Charles Fishman making a very intriguing assertion. It seems that Wal-mart, that non-predatory business that swoops into communities, leaving virtually only itself in its wake, isn’t responsible for the demise of small businesses after all. On the contrary. The real culprits are the customers who can’t afford not to shop there once they compare prices.
That kind of logic reminds me of the fatuous observation: “Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.” As if people with no access to guns…oh, never mind.