system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: How did Walmart become so successful?

Did it use the government to pass laws that helped it expand/corporate welfare, or does it have nothing to do with any of that?
gpt
They buy in bulk, make incredibly good deals with manufacturers, move into growing areas that are ripe for their business model, when economically feasible instead of buying from a supplier they buy the supplier, own the land their businesses sit on(mostly) and own their own shipping company.  By keeping everything in house they dominate.  Having unending capital can do that for you.