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This paragraph: >I left the encampment discombobulated by the mismatch between the perpetrators (down-and-out men living in tents stealing goods someone else h

This paragraph: >I left the encampment discombobulated by the mismatch between the perpetrators (down-and-out men living in tents stealing goods someone else had already nabbed and discarded), and the victim (a multinational company valued at more than $1.5 trillion). The stuff had been taken unlawfully, yes, but part of the reason these companies manufacture items for so much less in Asia and then transport them thousands of miles in ships and trains and trucks is so they don’t have to pay the costs associated with adhering to environmental and labor laws here. Also, I was flummoxed trying to imagine how a man living in a tent would go about selling a stolen pet-grooming vacuum cleaner. What even is a pet-grooming vacuum cleaner?

michaelmrose 3y ago
its a vacuum cleaner with an attachment you run through your pets hair so it can suck up loose fur that would otherwise end up in your carpet and everywhere else. If they have a phone I presume they could list it on ebay or facebook market for some portion of its new cost and take it in a shopping cart to a pack and ship place or haul shit to an unscrupulous pawn shop. There was a pawn shop owner in WA who was actually sending out homeless folks with shopping lists of things to steal.
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zarzavat 3y ago
Amazon is an economic parasite. It has destroyed the small business economy so thoroughly that you are forced to use it (I wonder if Gen Z realizes that you used to be able to buy things in places other than Amazon), flooded the market with fakes and fraudulent listings, and provides only exploitative sweatshop jobs where you will be stack ranked on how long it takes for you to urinate. Good to see them reaping what they sow, even if it’s only a pinprick.
- topaz0 3y ago
  "Forced" is a bit strong -- I haven't ordered anything from amazon for years.
DiggyJohnson 3y ago
What about this paragraph?

michaelmrose 3y ago

its a vacuum cleaner with an attachment you run through your pets hair so it can suck up loose fur that would otherwise end up in your carpet and everywhere else. If they have a phone I presume they could list it on ebay or facebook market for some portion of its new cost and take it in a shopping cart to a pack and ship place or haul shit to an unscrupulous pawn shop. There was a pawn shop owner in WA who was actually sending out homeless folks with shopping lists of things to steal.

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zarzavat 3y ago

Amazon is an economic parasite. It has destroyed the small business economy so thoroughly that you are forced to use it (I wonder if Gen Z realizes that you used to be able to buy things in places other than Amazon), flooded the market with fakes and fraudulent listings, and provides only exploitative sweatshop jobs where you will be stack ranked on how long it takes for you to urinate. Good to see them reaping what they sow, even if it’s only a pinprick.

topaz0 3y ago
"Forced" is a bit strong -- I haven't ordered anything from amazon for years.

DiggyJohnson 3y ago

What about this paragraph?