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For the crime of the multitude of anticompetitive and shady behaviors that Amazon has engaged in, including using their position as a marketplace to leverage th

For the crime of the multitude of anticompetitive and shady behaviors that Amazon has engaged in, including using their position as a marketplace to leverage their suppliers out of business[1], supply chain fraud by commingling[2], workers rights abuses[3]. But quite frankly, even though several of those are actual crimes, I don't think you need to have committed a crime to be an awful person. Jeff Bezos qualifies for his smug demeanor while being an asshole, regardless of what crimes his company has committed. [1] https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/amazon-india-rigging/ https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/amazon-i... - Literally on the front page today [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27177539 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27177539 [3]https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/05/amazon-workers-protest-unsafe-grueling-conditions-warehouse https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/05/amazon-wo...

snvzz 5y ago
Amazon != Bezos, and Amazon's got obligations to its shareholders. Bezos did put in the hard work and got results, so he can be smug. People who will never amount to anything will of course claim it was just luck.
- tablespoon 5y ago
  >> For the crime of the multitude of anticompetitive and shady behaviors that Amazon has engaged in, including using their position as a marketplace to leverage their suppliers out of business[1], supply chain fraud by commingling[2], workers rights abuses[3]. > Amazon != Bezos, and Amazon's got obligations to its shareholders. That's a distinction without a difference. Bezos was the CEO and largest shareholder. The shareholders weren't going to fire him if he'd chosen not to have Amazon pursue "anticompetitive and shady behaviors."
- ipaddr 5y ago
  By pushing down the people who will never amount to anything Jeff Bezos is not using luck to get ahead he is using power he obtained through prior luck. Amazon is still Bezos. Ownership and leadership wise just not day to day.
nickpp 5y ago
You mean acting like pretty much any other retailer?!
- GauntletWizard 5y ago
  I do. I think that we, as individual consumers and as free persons in a functional society, need to start drawing lines and pushing back on all retailers, Amazon included but not exclusively. That means picking our buying habits better and that means pushing back with laws and regulations that prevent or penalize abuse. There are two things that have hindered those efforts: )1the race to the bottom is very fast, so by the time one retailer has had abuses exposed every retailer is doing it. 2) Enforcement efforts have been neutered, to the point where the fines are just cost of doing business - and that has it's own complicated history of abuse.

snvzz 5y ago

Amazon != Bezos, and Amazon's got obligations to its shareholders. Bezos did put in the hard work and got results, so he can be smug. People who will never amount to anything will of course claim it was just luck.

tablespoon 5y ago
>> For the crime of the multitude of anticompetitive and shady behaviors that Amazon has engaged in, including using their position as a marketplace to leverage their suppliers out of business[1], supply chain fraud by commingling[2], workers rights abuses[3]. > Amazon != Bezos, and Amazon's got obligations to its shareholders. That's a distinction without a difference. Bezos was the CEO and largest shareholder. The shareholders weren't going to fire him if he'd chosen not to have Amazon pursue "anticompetitive and shady behaviors."
ipaddr 5y ago
By pushing down the people who will never amount to anything Jeff Bezos is not using luck to get ahead he is using power he obtained through prior luck. Amazon is still Bezos. Ownership and leadership wise just not day to day.

nickpp 5y ago

You mean acting like pretty much any other retailer?!

GauntletWizard 5y ago
I do. I think that we, as individual consumers and as free persons in a functional society, need to start drawing lines and pushing back on all retailers, Amazon included but not exclusively. That means picking our buying habits better and that means pushing back with laws and regulations that prevent or penalize abuse. There are two things that have hindered those efforts: )1the race to the bottom is very fast, so by the time one retailer has had abuses exposed every retailer is doing it. 2) Enforcement efforts have been neutered, to the point where the fines are just cost of doing business - and that has it's own complicated history of abuse.