While I agree that people generally want these things, not everybody values them equally, and aren't willing or able to expend the same amount of resources and

While I agree that people generally want these things, not everybody values them equally, and aren't willing or able to expend the same amount of resources and effort to get them. Most people value local stores which sell damn near everything they need and are staffed by their neighbors... but for many, the resource and effort savings afforded by Amazon are more valuable to some extent. I think that these things, to some extent, have become a luxury.