wal-mart will rule the world

Microsoft is probably mild mannered next to Wal-Mart. Cheap goods and volumes that are destroying the lower end of the American middle class through job export and downward pressure on salaries and benefits.

George points out an interesting piece on the subject in Fast Company

I remember listening to a Wal-Mart executive in the seat next to me on a flight a few years ago -- he noted that their average customer was too dumb to realize their job might be materially affected by Wal-Mart's success. His derision of the intelligence of their customer impressed me at the time.