Local business tyrants rest on their laurels bereft of competition -> neolibs get elected and repeal this -> walmart and amazon effortlessly undercut their asses

As a bonus, people who can will just drive a town over or whatever to go to Wally Mart

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Walmart is 1.5 hours away from this city

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fuck that's a gap in coverage..

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

It's sort of the crux of the issue, dollar stores have been expanding to fill that gap in these remote and small communities, and those communities don't want that for themselves.