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I'll be more than happy to step in for that void. Amazon and Bezos should certainly be taxed their share. I for one don't want to support tax avoidance/evasion

I'll be more than happy to step in for that void. Amazon and Bezos should certainly be taxed their share. I for one don't want to support tax avoidance/evasion and theft from labor. They're not running a charity work or a public service disguised as Amazon marketplace (there is Amazon Smile to be fair) by any means, at least not to my knowledge. Amazon doesn't make me feel any bit safer and no business should be capitalizing on panic buying, be it a local business or Amazon. They're running Amazon and hiring more workers because there's a massive opportunity to further stamp out their retailer competition, solidify their foothold further, and make money... not out of the goodness of their investors hearts. It's about money/business opportunity, not your security.

WalterBright 7y ago
And Amazon makes money by providing people with goods and services that they need in a manner safer than alternatives. Nothing wrong with that.
- nightski 7y ago
  Nothing wrong with that, but it seems reasonable to me that once a company goes public (or hits a certain size), it no longer makes sense for one individual to have such a large stake in it no matter how essential.
  - WalterBright 7y ago
    If Amazon fails to behave, Walmart is ready & able to step in.
- AQuantized 7y ago
  There's nothing wrong with that in of itself, but if it stomps out any potential competition and renders them unable to compete after a certain degree of monopolization, what sort of position will consumers eventually be placed in?
  - mschuster91 7y ago
    > what sort of position will consumers eventually be placed in? In a pretty shitty one. That is the ultimate goal of modern cut-throat capitalism: get utter market domination, destroy all competition and once that is done, raise the prices as far as possible without attracting too much protest from the few regulatory institutions that remain.
    - WalterBright 7y ago
      > That is the ultimate goal of modern cut-throat capitalism True, but the only way they can achieve that is by using the government to outlaw competition and/or regulate them out of existence. Their attempts to do it result in prosperity, high standards of living, longevity, etc. (it has nothing to do with being "modern")
barry-cotter 7y ago
There’s a huge demand for the service they provide and they’re trying to do everything in their power to satisfy it. I doubt Mr “Your margin is my opportunity” will fail to reinvest almost all of the profits either. Can’t we leave this bullshit to when it seems like a problem again, instead of meaningless background to the plague, while our loved ones die, economies implode and daily life is wrenched into new shapes?

WalterBright 7y ago

And Amazon makes money by providing people with goods and services that they need in a manner safer than alternatives. Nothing wrong with that.

nightski 7y ago
Nothing wrong with that, but it seems reasonable to me that once a company goes public (or hits a certain size), it no longer makes sense for one individual to have such a large stake in it no matter how essential.
- WalterBright 7y ago
  If Amazon fails to behave, Walmart is ready & able to step in.
AQuantized 7y ago
There's nothing wrong with that in of itself, but if it stomps out any potential competition and renders them unable to compete after a certain degree of monopolization, what sort of position will consumers eventually be placed in?
- mschuster91 7y ago
  > what sort of position will consumers eventually be placed in? In a pretty shitty one. That is the ultimate goal of modern cut-throat capitalism: get utter market domination, destroy all competition and once that is done, raise the prices as far as possible without attracting too much protest from the few regulatory institutions that remain.
  - WalterBright 7y ago
    > That is the ultimate goal of modern cut-throat capitalism True, but the only way they can achieve that is by using the government to outlaw competition and/or regulate them out of existence. Their attempts to do it result in prosperity, high standards of living, longevity, etc. (it has nothing to do with being "modern")

barry-cotter 7y ago

There’s a huge demand for the service they provide and they’re trying to do everything in their power to satisfy it. I doubt Mr “Your margin is my opportunity” will fail to reinvest almost all of the profits either. Can’t we leave this bullshit to when it seems like a problem again, instead of meaningless background to the plague, while our loved ones die, economies implode and daily life is wrenched into new shapes?