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Insane that this is legal and that professionals can be so easily bought. You would think there would be some kind of legal protection or incentive to not have
by haburka 3y ago
Insane that this is legal and that professionals can be so easily bought. You would think there would be some kind of legal protection or incentive to not have watchdogs hired by potentially criminal businesses. I’m sure Amazon is at least 5xing their government salaries, so I understand the government simply can’t compete with that, but it’s a real huge flaw in our democracy that we underpay those that defend us from corporations.
- fwlr 3y agoThe article notes that many believe a large contributing factor is the unpopularity of new head of the FTC, Lina Khan. I don’t know how much credence to give these claims directly, but when terms like “abusive” get thrown around to describe her leadership style it is easy to believe that her leadership is unpopular with at least a subset of FTC employees. Well before being appointed to the FTC, Lina Khan was making a name for herself in targeting Amazon for anti-trust measures - it’s widely accepted that she was in fact appointed in order to carry out anti-trust lawsuits against Amazon. So you have this situation where some people in the FTC believe the new chairperson wants to target Amazon, was appointed in order to target Amazon, and have reportedly witnessed the new chairperson being dogmatically intent on targeting Amazon even to the detriment of the culture and cohesion at the organization. It might be they feel their job has changed from “defending the public from corporations” to “attacking corporations, specifically Amazon”, and they don’t like that. (I am sure they are also being paid more at Amazon as well.)
- scrum-treats 3y agoHmmm... Is she hiring?
- fwlr 3y agoGiven that so many people are leaving to Amazon, yes, I would bet she is!