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'adds 12 billion' ending up right where he was a month and a half ago before he dropped 18ish on and off, ok
So that's who owns all the bitcoins.
http://www.newsweek.com/amazon-fulfillment-centers-bathroom-breaks-pee-bottle-urination-workplace-887952
I love losing and gaining more money than everyone else will ever see in their lives in the space of a month/day while the people doing the actual work come up with self-humiliating tactics to meet my draconic demands.
Jeff Bazos and Amazon in general seem to have a singular goal to dehumanize and ruin local economic systems with innovative solutions to remove jobs so they can loom that threat over people's heads to avoid paying them decent wages.
Funfact: Amazon isn't actually making all that much money due to the constant acquisitions, how they are saving money is driving labor costs so low that competitors can't compete. We're literally watching a race to the bottom with wages to a point where its damaging the overall economy.
this is such a stark, yet totally expected contrast with the other amazon thread posted today
eat the rich, et cetera
One of my internet friends works at an Amazon center, they've been out of work for weeks after the building was damaged by a storm, and they only knew it was damaged because local news covered it, Amazon didn't say anything about it to any of the employees there. But allegedly it was just some roof damage and a damaged HVAC unit, so they're getting kind of suspicious as to why it's taking them so long to get it taken care of. Hearing about this mind-set Amazon is alleged to have makes it all the more peculiar...
Logically I'd be happy just having a million in my bank account at one time, the rest can go to whoever (if I own a business, my employees). But of coarse people with my attitude don't get rich.
The Rich always taste better the more rich they get...
Amazon makes Walmart look like a generally decent place to work.
This isn't in his bank account though.
And what about Zucc? I don't imagine biting into cold, hard metal to be very appealing.
No guys, you don't understand. The market isnt free enough.
I mean, that shelf in an amazon warehouse isn't going to help anyone pay off their healthcare or buy a home. So unless you're contemplating completely selling off all of the assets Amazon has, and then using that money to solve those issues, I'm going to wager that you don't know the difference between wealth and income.
I'm talking about redistribution of wealth through seizure of assets and severe taxation
Ah, a full blown communist, gotcha.
Ah goteem, call them a commie to refute the validity of ideas instead of addressing the arguments at hand. If I was a communist, there wouldn't be any taxation of business because there wouldn't be any business.
It's not like the left isn't responsible for this too, though.
Neo-liberal policies are what the Democratic party pushes. This is to the benefit of corporations and companies like Amazon, more than it is to a regular joe. Both parties are parties for the
corporations to use as mouth pieces and political chess pieces.
Just look at all the left wing cities jumping at the bit to get Amazons HQ2, at the cost of billions of tax revenue and otherwise just to proclaim they have the new HQ. These aren't progressive fiscal policies, these are a corporatist wet dream.
Neither political party actually gives a damn, and both seek to empower corporations.
These headlines are always sort of misleading, yes Bezos has stock worth that much but he can't cash it out without losing his company.
The Democrats aren't left-wing
And yet here we are, buying products of Amazon.
I think he's talking more like the anglo sphere left. The left in the UK and Canada sure as shit aren't left wing either, at least compared to places like Germany or Norway. Figures like Tony Blair have completely fucked us on the left and have made it a uphill battle at getting corporate servants out but with people like Corbyn and Sanders grabbing them by the balls, there is hope.
the road to hell is paved with good intentions, taking extreme actions like seizure of assets will erode one of the principle factors of production, entrepreuneurship.
That's what happens when a few companies dominate online retailing. It's easy to ignore that the realistic choices of people are limited and blame them for partaking within the system they're criticising, but realistically they don't have a choice because they have to live within such a system.
But that's what you're advocating for. Once again, you don't understand the difference between wealth and income.
I've always found that saying to be useless. It's an easy way to discredit virtually any idea people disagree with, as the path to heaven is also paved with good intentions. I guess it's a context-specific saying. Regardless, seizure of assets is a radical option and wouldn't be my first choice (I'd first argue for breaking up mega corporations like Amazon/Apple/Microsoft to create greater competition). However, I don't believe this would affect entrepreneurship as the 99.999% of companies not making billions are not threatened by this.
I'd just argue that the "anglo-sphere left" as you put it is just social liberalism and liberal economics masquerading as leftism, when in reality it's just another branch of neoliberalism.
It's sure a great thing they aren't getting properly taxed. /s
Seizure of assets of mega business doesn't mean the removal of the free market or the seizure of assets of small business. I understand the difference between wealth and income - I'm saying Bezos wealth should be seized in the most extreme circumstances.
Trump's not gonna like this
Well someone can always create an alternative, but either they can't compete, or they join in.
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