Kinda depends on your definition of better.
Imagine a factory comes into a local neighberhood, pushes all other businsses out so that everyone has to rely on the factory, the factory mistreats these people, forces them to work long grueling hours and pays them with "Company money" forcing them to buy everything they need from them.
Then eventually the people force the company out... but now there are no buisnesses and they're having trouble getting people back.
Are they worse off? Maybe, but largely due to the factories original fucking up of the local landscape... in the long run things will be better.








