He did do something right. Mail order was always more expensive than shops, but Amazon wasn't ... Why not ? Sales Tax Evasion: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ke

He did do something right. Mail order was always more expensive than shops, but Amazon wasn't ... Why not ? Sales Tax Evasion: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2017/03/27/tax-free-no-more-amazon-to-begin-collecting-sales-tax-nationwide-on-april-1 https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2017/03/27/tax... That is the only reason Amazon was ever price competitive. Without that, it wouldn't have grown. That's his great accomplishment. Not just abusing workers, not just treating low paid employees like dirt, constantly firing the most vulnerable just to keep them down, and not just hiding from criticism on those actions [1], but also abusing the country as a whole, through massive scale tax evasion. Jeff Bezos truly has something to be proud of ! [1] http://gothamist.com/2015/08/15/life_inside_the_nightmare_amazon_wo.php http://gothamist.com/2015/08/15/life_inside_the_nightmare_am...