> $15/hour...is a very good wage $15/hr is nothing in NYC and barely covers rent + food. Meanwhile Amazon made $11.5b in profit last year and Jeff Bezos is wor

> $15/hour...is a very good wage $15/hr is nothing in NYC and barely covers rent + food. Meanwhile Amazon made $11.5b in profit last year and Jeff Bezos is worth $144b. Amazon warehouse employees are getting scraps. Recently a warehouse worker in NYC was fired for demanding better health protections in light of COVID-19 [1] But that being said, like you said Amazon warehouse workers aren't the best example of underpaid workers. Walmart and McDonald's employees make way less and often rely on welfare. > Anyone can still start a website and sell a product without a digital overlord Sure that's one positive example where individuals can compete with corporations. Though creating an ecommerce site will not generate any traffic unless you market it, and marketing it will probably entail buying ads on Facebook, Instagram, Google means being beholden to those corporate monopolies. [1] https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/3/31/21202075/new-york-city-amazon-coronavirus-fired-worker-protest-quarantine-bill-de-blasio-chris-smalls https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/3/31/21202075/new-york-city-...