What is this Twitter army of Amazon drones cheerfully defending warehouse work?

Re:What is this Twitter army of Amazon drones cheerfully def... by regul8 on Friday August 24, 2018 @03:59AM (#17833502)

Ok, so who’s pointing a gun at anyone’s head and saying you HAVE TO WORK at an Amazon fulfillment center? This isn’t slavery, it’s free will. Slavery, at least in civilized countries, ended CENTURIES ago! I could delve deeper into the psychology that leads to feelings of entrapment, but I won’t. As humans, we need to get over ourselves. Work is hard. Life is hard. But it can be rewarding too, so long as you stop playing the victim.

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Re:What is this Twitter army of Amazon drones cheerfully def... by bgie on Friday August 24, 2018 @08:09AM (#17834392)

Economic freedom only starts at middle class and above. (Like when your family can risk $300.000 for your online book store)

For the poor, you are free to choose your boss (and agree to obey thus sign away your freedom) or sink deeper into poverty and eventually starve to death...

Though there is no gun involved, I would not call this freedom.

But a kind of freedom which (thankfully) still exists is the freedom to reach out to others. So why would you oppose people that use their freedom to push back against obvious mistreatment (in this case by spreading the word)?

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Re:What is this Twitter army of Amazon drones cheerfully def... by somebodythere on Friday August 24, 2018 @04:36AM (#17833598)

Workers are allowed to criticize and push back against poor working conditions. That's how the labor market is supposed to work. If workers are just expected to sit there and take what is given, then capital holds all the cards.

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Re:What is this Twitter army of Amazon drones cheerfully def... by bkor on Friday August 24, 2018 @05:29AM (#17833794)

> Work is hard. Life is hard.

Why not ensure work isn't too hard, nor life, nor going to the doctor. And then not just for you, but for everyone.

> But it can be rewarding too, so long as you stop playing the victim.

That's blaming people for the situation they are in without knowing what caused it. Maybe the causes should be addressed.

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