No it's not the same. It's bigger, better, more profitable, serves more consumers, and employs more workers.
He would have purchased goods from wherever he could obtained the best deals. He would purchased "crap" from China too, because all of his competitors do the same thing. He would have adapted along with the marketplace to stay competitive.
I know a little about Sam Walton. 
You don't know much about how businesses operate do you? Who steals TVs from Walmart?? Monopolies? Questioning American pride because a person shops at an American company, but buys foreign made products? Absurd.
No, no he wouldn't... He was absolutely against the Supercenter and shot down the idea every time his children brought it up.
It wasn't until he died that a Super Center was ever built.
Sam Walton would not have bought from China... He may have bought some things, but those "Made in the USA" logos that he used to have got immediately taken down when he died.
You really don't know much about the guy...
I know a lot about small business... Just because you run your business a certain way doesn't mean everyone else does.
Wal Mart is bigger, but it's not better, and while it may service more people, or employee a few more people, the difference is very nominal.
People steal lots of things from Wal-Mart... Using the TV in the scenario was simply a way to make a point, or didn't you get that part?
