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      Corporate
      Blight:
      Wal-Mart
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      by
      Tim
      Aiken
      watching.
      You
      drop
      that
      Then
      they
      raise
      the
      prices
     
     
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      smile
      for
      just
      an
      instant,
      because
      they
      now
      have
      a
     
     
      a
      and
      you
      are
      out
      of
      there.
      local
      monopoly.
      This
     
     
      People
      in
      small
      Even
      in
      the
      most
      casualof
      works
      for
      alittle
      while
      until
     
    
   
   
    
     
      townig
      are
      making
      their
      settings,
      ifyousomehow
      —_
      everybody
      who
      used
      to
     
     
      voices
      heard.
      They
      want
      —
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      _
      work
      at
      the
      now
      bankrupt
     
     
      a
      WakMart.
      With
      their
      bottom-of-the-pack-low-
      companies
      runs
      out
      of
     
     
      ptitive
      low
      prices
      and
      —_income-job,
      then
      turn
      in
      money.
      Then
      Wal-Mart
     
     
      jobs
      that
      theymay
      —_
      your
      smock
      and
      get
      out.
      stops
      making
      a
      profit.
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
          
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      With
      all
      the
      money
     
     
      they
      made
      in
      the
     
     
      town,
      they
      use
      it
      to
     
     
      start
      a
      new
      branch
      in
     
     
      thenextarea.
     
     
      The
      new
      town
      is
     
     
      just
      overjoyed.
     
     
      ‘Finally,
      a
      Wal-Mart
     
     
      inmy
      town,’
      local
      —
     
     
      idiots
      might
      say.
     
     
      They
      will
      enjoy
      a
     
     
      period
      of
      boom.
     
     
      But
      as
      for
      the
     
     
      people
      in
      the
      first
     
     
      town,
      well
      they
      are
     
     
      just
      fucked.
      Wal-
     
     
      Mart
      ran
      all
      the
      local
     
     
      businesses
      to
      the
     
     
      ince
      most
      children
      There
      has
      been
      a
      grave
      and
      then
      took
      off
     
     
      are
      kidnapped
      to
      workin
      —_—_wildfirespreading
      across
      |
      whenthe
      money
      was
     
     
      thesé#weatshops.
      They
      this
      continent
      --
      Wal-
      gone.
     
     
      are
      alste
      getting
      the
      skills
      Marts
      popping
      up
      every-
      If
      you
      want
      to
      save
     
     
      they
      need
      to
      be
      exploited
      —
      where.
      Maybecallingita
      yourself
      the
      trouble
      of
     
     
      by
      companies
      such
      as
      wild
      fire
      was
      a
      mistake,
      having
      a
      Wal-Martina
     
     
      :
      Nike
      in
      later
      life.
      Skilled
      —
      maybe
      it
      would
      be
      more
      community
      near
      you,
      but
     
     
      %
      labour
      in
      that
      part
      of
      the
      suitable
      tc
      be
      compared
      to
      _
      still
      want
      to
      get
      the
      overall
     
     
      %
      world
      must
      take
      home
      avirus.
      Huh,
      wellavirus
       Wal-Marteffect,
      all
     
     
      :
      twenty
      cents
      a
      day
      --
      if
      attacks
      a
      cell,
      stealing
      all
      you
      have
      to
      do
      is
      the
     
     
      :
      they
      don’t
      stoptousethe
      —_
      ofits
      resources.
      Gets
      following:
     
     
      bathroom
      foraminuteor
      —_
      enough
      energy
      from
      the
      kidnap
      the
      kid
      next
      door
     
     
      two.
      |
      first
      cell
      to
      move
      to
      the
      and
      make
      him
      do
      all
      your
     
     
      ¢
      ‘Wal-Mart
      also
      second.
      When
      all
      the
      dirty
      work,
      when
      he
      turns
     
    
   
   
    
     
      prides
      itself
      onintroducing
      _
      good
      stuff
      from
      the
      first
      18
      send
      him
      to
      prison
     
     
      Big
      Brother
      toallemploy-
      —_
      cell
      is
      gone,
      the
      cell
      dies
      where
      he
      can
      earn
      big
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ces.
      Nothing
      says
      wel-
      along
      with
      the
      virus.
      money
      doing
      prison
     
     
      ‘#9
      my
      store
      like
      Wal-Mart
      on
      the
      other
      laundry,
      tell
      the
      CIA
      all
     
    

    
     
      forcing'some
      guy
      tostand
      —_
      hand
      moves
      into
      a
      town
      your
      neighbors
      most
     
    

    
     
      by
      the
      door,
      forceasmile
      —_
      and
      undersells
      the
      local
      intimate
      secrets,
      and
     
    

    
     
      and
      pretend
      he
      cares
      businesses.
      They
      continue
      _
      finally
      unleash
      the
      biologi-
     
    

    
     
      about
      your
      life.
      All
      the
      this
      until
      all
      the
      local
      cal
      epidemic
      at
      every
     
    

    
     
      while
      Big
      Brother
      is
      companies
      are
      bankrupt.
      major
      international
      airport.
     
     
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