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How does that apply here? To what standards am I not holding myself to? I don't lie[1] and cheat[2] and try to exploit everyone in my life[3]. Hell, I even pay

by bogwog 5y ago

How does that apply here? To what standards am I not holding myself to? I don't lie[1] and cheat[2] and try to exploit everyone in my life[3]. Hell, I even pay my taxes![4] Plus, again, I'm talking about corporations, not people. Corporations are not people. For example, Microsoft is a rotten company and I will never be their customer if I can avoid it. But I have absolutely nothing against Microsoft's employees (except maybe some of the C suite) [1] https://nypost.com/2020/05/01/jeff-bezos-may-have-lied-to-congress-about-amazon-lawmakers/ https://nypost.com/2020/05/01/jeff-bezos-may-have-lied-to-co... [2] https://www.bookweb.org/news/aba-releases-report-detailing-amazons-anti-competitive-behavior-1625433 https://www.bookweb.org/news/aba-releases-report-detailing-a... [3] https://time.com/5629233/amazon-warehouse-employee-treatment-robots/ https://time.com/5629233/amazon-warehouse-employee-treatment... [4] https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/biden-singles-out-amazon-for-not-paying-federal-taxes/ar-BB1fbin8 https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/biden-singles-out-...

BeetleB 5y ago
> I don't lie[1] You've never lied? If someone found a lie you once said and put it in a comment like this, what would it signify? I'm pretty sure Amazon doesn't always lie, just like you don't always lie. > and cheat[2] Same sentiment as above. > and try to exploit everyone in my life[3] Pretty sure Amazon doesn't try to exploit everyone. Lots of Amazon employees feel that way too. > Hell, I even pay my taxes![4] You don't take deductions when you can? If you do, how are you different from Amazon? As an example, for years, I never deducted charitable contributions even though I could. How about mortgage interest? Unless you willingly do not take tax deductions that you are eligible for, I don't see a difference between your behavior and theirs. You are a complex person, as is a company like Amazon. Throwing absolutist statements about them is as problematic as throwing absolutist statements about you.

by bogwog 5y ago

BeetleB 5y ago

> I don't lie[1] You've never lied? If someone found a lie you once said and put it in a comment like this, what would it signify? I'm pretty sure Amazon doesn't always lie, just like you don't always lie. > and cheat[2] Same sentiment as above. > and try to exploit everyone in my life[3] Pretty sure Amazon doesn't try to exploit everyone. Lots of Amazon employees feel that way too. > Hell, I even pay my taxes![4] You don't take deductions when you can? If you do, how are you different from Amazon? As an example, for years, I never deducted charitable contributions even though I could. How about mortgage interest? Unless you willingly do not take tax deductions that you are eligible for, I don't see a difference between your behavior and theirs. You are a complex person, as is a company like Amazon. Throwing absolutist statements about them is as problematic as throwing absolutist statements about you.