It had it's place, but there has to be a better way.
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I still buy on Amazon when prices are better.I haven't bought anything on Amazon in months, because I want there to be other businesses. I'm tired of helping to destroy businesses. I'm trying (its more expensive) to encourage competition.
Ebay has earned my ire for high fees & limitingOne thing that helps is the search engine on Amazon is very frustrating. For example if I put 'Rebar' in no rebar comes up. Instead I get a bunch of other crap shoved disrespectfully into my face. When I feel insulted like that it helps remind me of my morals.
Sure once in a while I will, too. I ain't no monument to justice.I still buy on Amazon when prices are better.
But many things on Amazon can be bought
directly from manufacturers at better pricing.
Saving money is a religious thing for us Born Again Pedestrians.Sure once in a while I will, too. I ain't no monument to justice.
Its nice to know who is selling. I respect your efforts to save money.
I haven't bought anything on Amazon in months, because I want there to be other businesses. I'm tired of helping to destroy businesses. I'm trying (its more expensive) to encourage competition.
One thing that helps is the search engine on Amazon is very frustrating. For example if I put 'Rebar' in no rebar comes up. Instead I get a bunch of other crap shoved disrespectfully into my face. When I feel insulted like that it helps remind me of my morals.
I think greed plays a major role and the profit at all costs mentality.
It had it's place, but there has to be a better way.
The company has also gone out of its way to endager its employee's physical health, mental well-being, and ability to democratically organize their workplace as is their basic human right to do.Amazon supports many small and starting business. Amazon is a platform for many businesses both big and small.
Amazon has gone out of its way to support small business.
I don't want to misrepresent. I appreciate that it does allow other businesses to sell through its interface, but I am swayed by some videos I've found talking about its anti competitive practices. Below is one.Amazon supports many small and starting business. Amazon is a platform for many businesses both big and small.
Amazon has gone out of its way to support small business.
Another view....
Also interesting....
Lacking a better alternative is a problemI'm not arguing these as better alternatives.
Just thinking out loud so to speak, that there has to be a better system. I'm not confident in our ability to tweak this system into one that functions in the 21st century.
I think greed plays a major role and the profit at all costs mentality.
Used to be the focus was to run a successful business, but somewhere it got lost to now where profit and shareholders is all that matters.
Lacking a better alternative is a problem
for those who want to ditchcapitalism. socialism
I say that when there are problems, just
work to solve them....not complain about
capitalismsocialism.
CEOs typically have an obligation to their shareholders to maximize share value. They could be the least greedy people in the world and still have it as their job to maximize profit everywhere.I think greed plays a major role and the profit at all costs mentality.
Used to be the focus was to run a successful business, but somewhere it got lost to now where profit and shareholders is all that matters.
It doesn't work that way.It works for both.
It worked OK when we were mostly only trading 'extra' goods and services, and luxury goods and services. Where it fails, miserably, is when we began having to produce and trade goods and services for our survival. Free markets can't really hurt us because we can always refuse to trade if the trade seeks to exploit or harm us. But almost none of our markets are free markets, anymore. They are nearly all now captive markets that we cannot refuse to engage in. And that's when a system giving control of production to the investor class becomes horribly unfair, exploitive, and counter-productive.
It had it's place, but there has to be a better way.
I'd rather be exploited by capitalists than by your socialists.It worked OK when we were mostly only trading 'extra' goods and services, and luxury goods and services. Where it fails, miserably, is when we began having to produce and trade goods and services for our survival. Free markets can't reall hurt us because we can always refuse to trade if the trade does harm to us. But almost none of our markets are free markets, anymore. They are nearly all now captive markets, that we cannot refuse to engage in. And that's when a system giving all the commercial control to the investor class becomes horribly unfair and counter-productive.
The really weird thing is that there are so many people who still think they are engaging in "free trade", when they nearly never are. And they are being exploited viciously and routinely as a result.
It had it's place, but there has to be a better way.