Only in America: Selling out

One of the country's largest corporations steals the work of an anti-capitalist graffiti artist — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation

Selling out
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Walmart was caught selling knock-offs of Banksy prints, including one print titled "Destroy Capitalism," on its website. When the company was alerted to the irony, Walmart responded that the items came from a third-party seller and pulled the prints from their website.

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Samantha Rollins is TheWeek.com's news editor. She has previously worked for The New York Times and TIME and is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.