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Retail, as an employment sector, exists with or without amazon/walmart... and generally also employs low income people. Calling that a service is a bit much.
by netcan 5y ago
Retail, as an employment sector, exists with or without amazon/walmart... and generally also employs low income people. Calling that a service is a bit much.
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y agoIf anything,a more efficient company hires fewer workers than less efficient ones. And Amazon is known to be very efficient.
- netcan 5y agoSure, and from here on out complexity and alternative might have beens make it unresolveable. That said, the idea that countries/government perpetually need companies to invest and "make jobs" is ridiculous rhetoric. It describes China in the 80s, or Russia in the 90s.
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y agoYou lost me at how it describes Russia in the 90s, since I've been there at the time. Can you elaborate, please?
- netcan 5y agoRussia was courting investors to invest as a way of mitigating unemployment. I don't think it quite worked out this way, but that was the idea.
- catlikesshrimp 5y agoSaying Amazon employs 1M American citizens has more impact than saying 1M people work in retail. PR