You!
You hyprocratic brainless consumist. You think you can judge others when they buy on Amazon or similar? When they don´t "support your local
business"?
Here´s the wakeup call, you are as guilty as those you look down at.
Killing small business started WAY before amazon or even easy access to the internet.
Let´s just keep it at one product, for example: Strawberry
It started when consume became important. It started when it was more important to get that new marmalade advertised on TV and have 20 different sorts
of strawberry available. First it was the huge sortiment, then it was the price that killed your local salesmen that got fruit and seasonable stuff
locally but international stuff, too (bananas for example). But no, everyone needs to eat strawberries in december!!! Then it became convenient to
shop 24/7.
And the small items you forgot, you want to get at your local store and you want % because you buy 3 pack milk and you think that poor soul behind the
counter should be grateful you even showed up.
THAT my friends started everything. It killed local business and allowed big industry to grow. It forced agricultural family owned business to expand
like insane to compete on a nearly world-wide market, too. If you went to any chain store, you are guilty!
That´s how it is so everyone talking about someone buying in the internet, remember, you did this to your local family owned shop.
There it began and it continued because bigger consume, sortiment and demand forced other companies out of business. Expand irrationally or die.
It wasn´t even the small price difference (if you drive 50km to the next supermarket, you need fuel, too), it was because you could not choose
between 31 brands of peanuts and could not get the advertised stuff NOW and 24/7.
As you my realize, I come from a family that had a local shop for generations. We were not rich but we could live and haid fair prices. Then the
madness began.
Ultimately, everyone judging others who buy online and not "support local", but buy or have bought regulary at any chain-managed supermarket, # YOU
you ignorant pieces of #.
Rant over
edit on 13-8-2018 by verschickter because: had to clip a sentence because it made no sense