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After reading this article, I'm happy to report that Capitalism is alive and well everybody!

• cameronbrown 7y ago
  This isn't capitalism. This is a bug in capitalism which regulation needs to fix right now.
  • TheCraiggers 7y ago
    Is the bug you're referring to coercing people of a lower caste into overworking for next to nothing? Or escaping blame from what shell companies are doing at your orders? Sarcasm aside, both of these things have been an issue for centuries. And while I'm not anti-regulation by any stretch, I think we've found that regulation doesn't work too well when the company(ies) being regulated have more money than god. We need a new weapon.
    • cameronbrown 7y ago
      Both of these. It's a fact that capitalism is the only economic system that's not ended in bloodshed. Having an underclass is a horrible outcome, it's just more desirable than the alternative. We need to figure out how to fix the bugs, not toss out the foundation of civilisation.
  • krapp 7y ago
    This is precisely capitalism. The market has decided that this degree of exploitation is preferable to longer delivery times and higher prices to offset labor costs, and Amazon has capitalized on that market need, and maximized their profits.
    • cameronbrown 7y ago
      Correcting the market by increasing the cost of non-compliance is also, still capitalism.