Amazon in Mexico — it’s a bit different

Published March 5, 2025

It wasn’t until I was in college that I realized there were people who hated Walmart for political reasons.

My own personal reasons for hating Walmart were simply related to boredom. The “regular” Walmart was bad enough, and my mom loved it; it was her favorite store. When the SuperWalmart opened, it was game over. I’ll admit though, that by then I liked shopping enough to go with her willingly, and I have some nice memories of being out and about with my mom at Walmart. It eventually became fun.

Once in college with kids who had grown up in upper-middle class households where there was no anxiety during the time between parents’ paychecks, I realized it wasn’t cool for other reasons. I learned about how it pushed smaller, independent stores out of business. I learned about how they depended on sweatshop labor to supply their cheap products. And I learned how they treated their workers, letting the government supplement through food stamps what they as employers wouldn’t pay.

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