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> IMHO, your analogy is exactly correct and if Safeway was as big as Amazon, Warren would be calling for them to be broken up too.

Walmart does this too and has double the revenue of Amazon. Warren has not called for Walmart to be broken up.

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But as a percentage of their perspective markets Amazon is larger. The grocery/homegoods industries are very competitive. Think about how many alterantives you have to walmart.

How many places do you routinely go to order things online? How many places do you go for groceries? I bet you have at least three options. Walmart, Regional grocery store, and Target or some other alterative place like trade joes.

Amazon's ability to affect customer behavior is much stronger than walmarts I would argue.

edit: and maybe Walmart _should_ be broken up, just not as high visibility an issue.