The point I made wasn't about what Amazon should or shouldn't do. It was about the irrelevance of the economic modelling concept of "rational self-interest" (wh

The point I made wasn't about what Amazon should or shouldn't do. It was about the irrelevance of the economic modelling concept of "rational self-interest" (which describes behaviour, rather than prescribing it) to that question. If you think humans or companies should work solely on the basis of self-interest then you're in good company (especially if you're from the US, though it's far from a uniquely American view). I'm not going to dissuade you by arguing with you on HN, but I do disagree. I hope at some point you and the many, many people with similar views learn to look at the world a bit differently.