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Amazon is a lot more powerful and influential than Macy's is. I think this is at least partially caused by the increasingly important political relationship bet
by save_ferris 7y ago
Amazon is a lot more powerful and influential than Macy's is. I think this is at least partially caused by the increasingly important political relationship between major employers like Amazon and governments.
Amazon likely tells governments that being held accountable for things like this would dramatically hurt their business, and therefore cost jobs. No politician wants to be blamed for lost jobs.
- petre 7y agoThere are different kinds of politicians and there's public opinion. https://www.theverge.com/interface/2019/2/15/18225646/amazon-nyc-hq2-collapse-secrecy-incentives-automation https://www.theverge.com/interface/2019/2/15/18225646/amazon...
- save_ferris 7y agoIirc, this was orchestrated by the progressive wing of the NY Democratic Party and was a fairly controversial decision. The progressives still represent a fairly small contingent of the left, and don’t really have the influence to materially alter policy decisions, especially at the federal level. Much of the US still isn’t very interested in progressive politics, especially given the migration of moderate conservatives to the Democratic Party. 2020 is going to be a make-or-break election for progressives IMO.
- agumonkey 7y ago"jobs" .. when amazon warehouses will be all robots, they won't have this leverage. What a good news.
- bencollier49 7y agoBy which point they'll run the money supply as well. Surely the introduction of Libra may make a proper Amazon-coin more palatable? They must have teams and teams watching this with eagle eyes..