I think as time goes on, we'll find that Japanese culture is not nearly as compatible with the West as we once thought.
locally owned businesses pay and treat their employees better than corporate run places that focus only on profit for the owners and shareholders.
From my experience, all businesses are trying to maximize profit by paying their employees the least they're willing to accept. Local businesses don't pay employees more nor do they 'treat their employees better.' It's all business.
Second, they couldn’t (legally) pay them less than Walmart does.
Why not?
If they don't care about their rules then neither should we.
I feel the same way about lemmy moderators that pick and choose who to enforce their rules on.
It's all Jim Crow in the end and should be respected as such.