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Originally Posted by Savage Clone

I use a quiet electric mower and grass grows naturally where I live, but yeah, I know what you mean. Lawns in desert climates (and their even-more-annoying cousins, GOLF COURSES) are stupid. 2-stroke gas-powered lawn mowers are gross. There is barely any grass left in my back yard, what with all the plants. I couldn't be happier about that. In any case, that's not really the point. Just an example from a local company in my area.
Wal-Mart really does encourage shoddy merchandise in exchange for "the cheapest price" mantra, though, which ends up in a lot of waste.

golf courses are a fucking blight... it's not just the destruction of local flora but also the pesticides and the water-- which, mind you, even in green places like you live most people water with... drinking water! as if the water table needed further depletion... but i digress...

sure, walrats encourages a race to the bottom, no question about that. still, they are good at what they do, which is to provide a good bang for the buck for the working poor (some of which work for them). they did not invent the american economic system however-- they just make money in it. however i'll say this-- some rural places around here would be isolated and in the hands of a handful of mafioso-like merchants if it weren't for walmart. in some places, i swear, it's a fucking beacon of civilization-- yes, it's quasi-barbarism, but it's better than the backwards alternative.