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of course. Just making sure anti-business image the country has is emboldened even more. 75% tax on top earners and now this. It's not that 75% tax hurts many p

of course. Just making sure anti-business image the country has is emboldened even more. 75% tax on top earners and now this. It's not that 75% tax hurts many people. The only thing it really does is propagating france image as a country that treats capitalism, investment and private initiative with the highest dose of suspicion. Thats nit a society thats enetrprenually friendly. It's almost funny how many french i know that prefer to do art and fashion in new york than paris just because france would penalize them for being succesful. And definitely it's not france that gains in the long term due to short sighted and populist left wing policies like this.

tokenizer 13y ago
That said, I don't see how another "non populist" argument could be justified by a government... Both the left and right of their government has approved this law. While I understand this is more in line with authoritarian politicking than libertarian politicking, they do make a decent locale/culture argument against a cultureless behemoth like Amazon.
- LekkoscPiwa 13y ago
  I'd rather have people vote with their money than having politicians making people to pay more. If they want to make France stronger they wouldn't be killing its enterprenual spirit every time they can.
  - tokenizer 13y ago
    The way I see it, this is them simply penalizing a monopoly. While you could argue some subsidize their income through Amazon, many more actual French citizens earn their income through independent brick and mortar shops. I honestly don't see how restricting Amazon alone affects the market that much. It wouldn't affect my aspirations towards publishing a book or marketplace.
    - LekkoscPiwa 13y ago
      Thank you for your reply. >The way I see it, this is them simply penalizing a monopoly. Starbucks has a monopoly to sell coffee in France? Amazon has a monopoly to sell books in France? What are you talking about? >While you could argue some subsidize their income through Amazon, many more actual French citizens earn their income through independent brick and mortar shops. And in the free market economy this would be a sign that maybe, just maybe, they need to: A) Get much better at this OR B) Start doing something at what they are good enough that people go there and pay them on their own for their services of products. I'm not saying it's easy. All I'm saying is that you won't be able to protect them forever. It's good to treat them like gown-ups right from the get-go without assuming that they are too stupid to do something useful for the broader public. >I honestly don't see how restricting Amazon alone affects the market that much. Then why to insist on doing it? >It wouldn't affect my aspirations towards publishing a book or marketplace. Good.

tokenizer 13y ago

That said, I don't see how another "non populist" argument could be justified by a government... Both the left and right of their government has approved this law. While I understand this is more in line with authoritarian politicking than libertarian politicking, they do make a decent locale/culture argument against a cultureless behemoth like Amazon.

LekkoscPiwa 13y ago
I'd rather have people vote with their money than having politicians making people to pay more. If they want to make France stronger they wouldn't be killing its enterprenual spirit every time they can.
- tokenizer 13y ago
  The way I see it, this is them simply penalizing a monopoly. While you could argue some subsidize their income through Amazon, many more actual French citizens earn their income through independent brick and mortar shops. I honestly don't see how restricting Amazon alone affects the market that much. It wouldn't affect my aspirations towards publishing a book or marketplace.
  - LekkoscPiwa 13y ago
    Thank you for your reply. >The way I see it, this is them simply penalizing a monopoly. Starbucks has a monopoly to sell coffee in France? Amazon has a monopoly to sell books in France? What are you talking about? >While you could argue some subsidize their income through Amazon, many more actual French citizens earn their income through independent brick and mortar shops. And in the free market economy this would be a sign that maybe, just maybe, they need to: A) Get much better at this OR B) Start doing something at what they are good enough that people go there and pay them on their own for their services of products. I'm not saying it's easy. All I'm saying is that you won't be able to protect them forever. It's good to treat them like gown-ups right from the get-go without assuming that they are too stupid to do something useful for the broader public. >I honestly don't see how restricting Amazon alone affects the market that much. Then why to insist on doing it? >It wouldn't affect my aspirations towards publishing a book or marketplace. Good.