You say that as if Wal-Mart foisted this upon an unsuspecting and unconsenting American public. This cannot be further from the truth.
Wal-Mart shipped billions to America's greatest economic and military threat because - drumroll - people demanded it! The Wal-Mart-ification of America can squarely be blamed on Americans. Wal-Mart is giving the general public what it wants, and the general public wants more cheap crap made in other countries.
Except that they were still buying from China then. Even some of their "made in America" products were mostly made in China. They got busted for this and that's why they stopped, not because people didn't like the idea [1].
[1] Though to be fair, people not only wouldn't like but wouldn't accept paying what it would cost to make the goods in america.
Wal-Mart shipped billions to America's greatest economic and military threat because - drumroll - people demanded it! The Wal-Mart-ification of America can squarely be blamed on Americans. Wal-Mart is giving the general public what it wants, and the general public wants more cheap crap made in other countries.