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originally posted by: notsure1
How much money do you effing need? If Bezos or any of these rich greedy bastards would just every now and then say .
"you know I made a billion this month I think next months billion will go to my employees because they are the real reason I am so successful on such a massive scale.."
Then people would love them.
But nope they only want to invest in other businesses to make themselves richer..
How much money do these greedy bastards need?
originally posted by: notsure1
My point is another brick and mortar store gone... Where are the Netflix Brick and mortar stores?
originally posted by: notsure1
How much money do you effing need? If Bezos or any of these rich greedy bastards would just every now and then say .
"you know I made a billion this month I think next months billion will go to my employees because they are the real reason I am so successful on such a massive scale.."
Then people would love them.
But nope they only want to invest in other businesses to make themselves richer..
How much money do these greedy bastards need?
originally posted by: scraedtosleep
a reply to: burdman30ott6
Trump says not paying taxes is smart.
If it's ok for him it's ok for the rest of us right?
The same will be true of amazon. Other companies will innovate and beat them in small areas at fisrt, and in ways we havent even thought of.
originally posted by: Grambler
Wal mart was crushing everything, and was going to have skynet type control over the world.
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
originally posted by: seeker1963
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
a reply to: Grambler
Are you kidding me?
Amazon is an absolute JUGGERNAUT that gets such preferential treatment from government its as if its getting paid subsidies.
Their cozy relationship with USPS in particular, its not just poised to absolutely crush what remains of brick & mortar following Walmart, but to do the same thing to online retailers especially all the little people (regular folks trying to get their own little online business thing going).
What Amazon is hellbent on doing to ALL other retailers.... Walmart eat your heart out.
Its even beyond the equivalence of comparing 'all other countries' to China in terms of output dominance sort of thing. China eat you heart out, but luckily for you every single item you'll ever offer will be availble at the absolutel lowest rate in Amazon Prime. Hell even the little vendors in AliExpress face the same kind of de facto extinction on this trajectory.
And then the part its building up towards its own 'Skynet' sort of aspirations on the back of all that...
Seriously dude! I don't get it. I even admitted my addiction due to my status, but yet those who seem to promote how much they hate Capitalism are the ones supporting how Amazon is getting over other businesses....
I don't get it.......
You know what you're right. They should bring back Standard Oil, Carnegie Steel Company, Vanderbilt Railroad and the Bell System.
The Big 6 Media, well ther'es more than one of them so nope no "monopoly' there. F it let there be only 2 media companies that absolutely dominate all tv channels / shows, news outlets, newspapers, book/magazine publishing AND radio stations.
There are only "Two" Party's after all. Lets model the whole world on that woohoo!
And the banks, same thing as above.
How dare anyone hate "Capitalism" (ahem Robberbarronism).
originally posted by: notsure1
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: notsure1
Mailing movies didnt kill blockbuster.. Streaming them did.. how many movies odes netflix mail out now.?
The point is that's how they started. Blockbuster could have gone from walk-in to mailing to streaming just as easily but they missed the boat.
My point is another brick and mortar store gone... Where are the Netflix Brick and mortar stores?
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
originally posted by: Grambler
Wal mart was crushing everything, and was going to have skynet type control over the world.
I had no idea that Walmart had billions invested in robotics, cloud computing, artificial intelligence platforms as well as had little surveillance bots in everyones homes.
Wowzers.
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When i said "Skynet" about Amazon I meant that literally. Because its true.
originally posted by: matafuchs
I was referring to major tax breaks paid to organizations to move there.
In the case you state someones palms were greased but it is good for the local economy so I say go for it.
originally posted by: Grambler
a reply to: rickymouse
You are only looking at one side of the issue.
Yes these stores take out others, and yes they sell cheap products. So as bad as that is for the laborer, its good for the consumer.
Look I lean libertaraian. I want as little government interfence as possible.
If you think the government will do a good, fair job of picking winners and loser in business, thats your right.
I think that history has shown over and over again that they almost always fail.