interesting concept. I don't particularly care for.Walmart. Yet I still shop there occasionally. Am I a hypocrite or a pragmatist?
I believe in the concept of free markets and the invisible hand. But that only if competition is free, honest, and fair. That means the government has to take an active role in preventing predatory practiced. Until that happens, the market is what it is.
I don’t think that it’s hypocritical to shop at Walmart occasionally, even if you don’t agree with their business practices, because sometimes they have some thing that no one else has, or it’s just convenient because they have more stores than everyone else in many places. But I sure as hell try to avoid them every chance I get. I’d rather spend my money with local businesses or at the least with businesses that treat their people and the community well.