Argument Point- SuperStores

The expansion of stores, of houses, of buildings in general; I believe undermines the American Dream of "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement" regardless of social class or circumstances of birth.” Because, America is lacking in understanding that bigger doesn’t necessarily mean better. Our lives our even less meaningful and dull; because we have so many conveniences and accessibilities; that the mind doesn’t wish to exercise itself and thus falls into a sort of vegetative state.  Quality matters, way more than Quantity. If we have more of the same, its value won’t be as high as if we had less of it; because the essence is not to fulfill the always hungry hole of craving; but fulfilling the simple peace of heart.  By expanding stores; making them all-for-one, one-for-all; we are undermining the simple struggle and effort by the small town business owners.  They had a dream; and they made it come true by effort. We undermine that effort by making the source so easily accessible. We devalue the value of creativity and self-achievement by choosing epitomes of the opposite meaning; superstores are nothing but something that is hungry for one thing: money. When I was growing up; we used to shop at the main street in Old Greenbelt.  I knew the grocer, I knew the car mechanic, and I knew the ice-cream lady. I cared for them and what they represented. Today, my younger siblings don’t have that connection between things and the resources; what they see they want; there is no intermediary to check their greed. I see the Wal-Marts all across the nation, beginning to be Super Wal-Marts; where they are selling fresh produce as well as the basic necessities of livelihood. But the quality! Oh the bananas are beyond ripe; the oranges sour, and the bread days old. Is this what we willingly exchanged for convenience? That whatever we have or use is below its real worth??  An illusion indeed.