@jonsblond the only socioeconomic divide I see is those who demand quality and those who demand cheap crap. The cheap crap trap has made us into a society of wasters, overconsumers and clutterers.
How many people do you know that have giant walk in closets paked with clothes and shoes that spill into secondary closets? The reason is we buy things that after a little wear no longer look the same as knew or that are so trndy we won’t wear them 6 months later. Cheap trash.
The holidays are coming soon. How many gifts are we going to give that end up in a closet. How many toys does a child get before he feels entitled to anything he wants? What kind of guilt or lack of self esteem causes a parent to put $100 into Chinese plastic instad of a college savings account?
Why do we let ourselves to be manipulated into thinking the more we have, the better we are? Those who shop at Walmart.
BTW, the argument that people only go to Walmart because no other store in the area carries a particular item, doesn’t hold water. There is probably no option because of Walmart.