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Is there actually a viable alternative to Amazon that ever-increasingly-overworked people can use? Not tech workers like (I assume) you and me, but say, a singl
by pseudocomposer 1y ago
Is there actually a viable alternative to Amazon that ever-increasingly-overworked people can use? Not tech workers like (I assume) you and me, but say, a single dad janitor or mechanic?
Many of these same things happened with Wal-Mart in the 90s in rural America, destroying thousands of small businesses.
I’m all for individual responsibility, but at the same time, we have to acknowledge all the government-mandated economic forces that let Amazons and Wal-Marts establish these types of monopolies.
Individuals need a way to organize to prevent this. That’s historically what our democratically-elected government did, but since Nixon or so, it’s not really been democratically-elected at all.
- JohnFen 1y ago> Is there actually a viable alternative to Amazon that ever-increasingly-overworked people can use? Of course there is. For a minor amount of extra effort, for most things, you can get them at a local store, order them directly from the manufacturer's website, go to eBay, etc. The idea that people are so overworked now that they can't do these things is ludicrous, historically speaking. What's happened is that people have prioritized convenience and often view even slight reductions of convenience as disastrous. But it's not, really.
- aaronbaugher 1y agoYeah, the idea that you have to buy anything from Amazon is puzzling to me. I sometimes look things up on Amazon to see the reviews, but then I buy from Ebay, if I'm not able to shop for it locally. But I know people who act like they wouldn't have toilet paper if Amazon stopped working.
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- harshalizee 1y agoI've tried my absolute best to not buy from Amazon and it's incredibly difficult. A lot of manufacturers just point to their Amazon page to buy. The few you think isn't, will just ship from Amazon based on the boxes that gets sent and quite a few times I ended up paying more for this pleasure. A lot of stuff just isn't anywhere else either. If manufacturers really care about getting out of Amazon's vice, they should first start to do their part of the heavy lifting.
- GuinansEyebrows 1y agoyes, agreed. the answer to "how can we help overworked/over-leveraged people" probably should not be "let a few people become unfathomably wealthy".