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In reply to the discussion: How Amazon can offer free shipping to Prime members (hint: by charging them shipping) [View all]pipi_k
(21,020 posts)a fair place to live.
Never was, and I highly doubt it ever will be.
So people are going to end up being fucked, no matter what.
I've read through this thread and that problem appears to be high on your list of Most Annoying Things.
The only problem with seeing the world through black and white filters is that it's not black and white at all. It's lots of shades of gray.
So let's start with Walmart and Amazon. They got where they are by "fucking people". They'll probably never change, so let's all just boycott them into non-existence.
Cool! Yeah, we rock on with our bad selves!
Except...they don't exist anymore...or, at best, they have to fire a lot of people. What happens to all those unemployed people?
simple! They just take a better, higher paying...uh...wait a minute.
If it were that simple, why didn't they do that before?
So all those people formerly HAD jobs...maybe not the best, or anything that would enable them to have a house or better vehicle, at least those jobs kept them from being homeless or with no food on the table.
But hey...they're homeless and destitute now, but at least they're not "being fucked" by Walmart and Amazon! Yay!
So really...before rushing off on our trusty steeds clad in suits of armor to Save The World, maybe it would be a good idea to ask people if they want to be "saved" if it means they end up in a worse position than the one they're already in.