Select the text that has a more objective tone. Some discount stores are similar to department stores in that they offer a wide assortment of goods. . . Discount stores that specialize in a specific assortment of goods within a retail category are called "category killers." The basic thinking behind fast food has become the operating system of today's retail economy, wiping out small businesses, obliterating regional differences, and spreading identical stores throughout the country like a self-replicating code. From Eric Schlosser, "Fast Food Nation," copyright 2005 by Harper Perennial and from "Discount Store," copyright 1998 by Encyclopædia Britannica Submit ​