arvelomcquaig
Active Member
Reducing our disposable income by 10% or more because it's a low brow brand is a fool's game. It smacks of those people that won't go in Tim Horton's because it's below them. Big box like Walmart push independents out of business but we need to treat them all the same. We already have massive chains like Loblaws, Metro, Sobeys, Canadian Tire, Shoppers Drug Mart, and Hudson's Bay downtown. Should we get rid of those too?
At the end of the day, businesses need to compete. We don't all have the luxury of paying more and/or the interest in doing so.
Yes, businesses need to compete; if there’s one corporate goliath that makes infinite amounts of money all over the world dominating everywhere, there’s no competition. We need a lot of smaller companies to spread the wealth and ownership and to compete with each other.
And you’re equating socially-conscious taste with classism, which is absurd. There’s a lot more reasons to boycott Walmart and Tim Horton’s than classism, such as the desire to not support the countless conspicuous societal problems and regressive politics caused/perpetuated by the former, and the more subtle societal problems/corporate irresponsibility of the latter.
At the end of the day, do we want a city of Walmarts and Tim Horton’s, or one of locally-owned small businesses that contribute to a uniquely Torontonian culture?
If one has the luxury to choose where one buys necessities, one should be interested in supporting societally-beneficial/responsible businesses.