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The guy in Seattle is a capitalist. If you don't like his decisions, you are free to ignore him and not do any business with him. Of course, many of his decisio
by listenallyall 5y ago
The guy in Seattle is a capitalist. If you don't like his decisions, you are free to ignore him and not do any business with him. Of course, many of his decisions do benefit you -- low prices, free delivery, wide range of products, displaying reviews, etc. -- but again, you aren't obligated to participate or interact. In fact, even if you refuse to buy from Amazon, you still benefit -- because of competition, your favorite store probably also offers free delivery or has low prices because it needs to compete.
If a committee of Senators, on the other hand, makes a declaration -- Amazon cannot sell Chinese goods cheaper than American-made alternatives -- or maybe, delivery times to rural areas must match those to cities -- then everybody loses, and you can't opt out of that.
- vkou 5y agoYou can only ignore a capitalist until he becomes a monopolist. You can ignore a commitee of senators at any time by voting them out.
- listenallyall 5y agoI agree Amazon has an uncomfortable amount of power and influence in retail. But they are very far from a monopolist. And "voting them out" doesn't erase laws that those Senators passed.