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I sometime have Old timers nostalgia and think about all the video store owners, postal staff who delivered telegrams, phone switch operators, dusty mom and pop stores, ceiling fan companies and encyclopedia sellers who have been put out of business by rampant corporate greed of Netflix, Gmails, Skypes and Amazons of the new age. At least Coal Jobs are coming back. Yipee.

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Greed? Consumers put those people out of business by opting for convenience and value (at least in the short term).

No one forced people to stop shopping at a mom and pop store, but why the hell would I when I can look up exactly what I want, research it in detail and buy it in less time than it takes for me to get the car down the block.

He's being sarcastic. But no one does seem to consider how much this has gutted local economies

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