Libertarian atheists: part of the problem

[Tiberius]

One of the reasons Wal-Mart is as successful as it is is because they open stores in smaller, rural places where there are a: no competitors of any appreciable size which will long survive their presence and b: people who are mostly on the poor side and would have to travel a too far a distance to patronize a serious competitor such as Target or Kroger.

It seems to me though, that the amount of customers in these smaller, rural places would be low, given that they are small and rural. I'd be interested to see some stats on what percentage of Walmart customers come from rural areas vs those nearer the more urban areas.

And, if you have a scenario where you pay for the services of law enforcement, how do you make it so that the law being enforced isn't the law of the highest bidder? What would realistically stop Wal-Mart from using the law they own to crush competition?

I'm confused. Who is suggesting that law enforcement serves the highest bidder? Certainly nobody in this thread...