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#BreakUpAmazon – We're more than a little concerned about this merger
- danjoc 9y agoIf the US breaks up Amazon, who's left to challenge Alibaba? Does China pinky swear to break them up too?
- smt88 9y agoIf Alibaba were an Amazon competitor, the US wouldn't break up Amazon, would they?
- TomMarius 9y agoWhy should anyone have the right to decide that someone else doesn't have the right to buy something with money they lawfully made from someone who is willing to sell it?
- smt88 9y agoBecause that's the entire basis of society. Amazon gets the benefits of existing in the US and it must give away some rights. You may want to research Standard Oil. I don't think Amazon is a monopoly yet, but monopolies are bad for everyone except their shareholders, and Amazon shareholders aren't going to starve either way.
- TomMarius 9y agoAmazon paid taxes for the benefit of existing in the US, or didn't it? That's what you call the "land of the free"?
- smt88 9y agoYup. Freedom isn't absolute, including freedom of speech. No freedom in the US includes a right to harm others. Monopolies are harmful.
- TomMarius 9y agoI don't share your belief, but it's common to start splitting the company when it starts making problems - it's not illegal to be a monopoly, it's illegal to abuse it. So again, I don't see any problem with the merger, Amazon didn't abuse it at all.
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