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Re:When Sears Flourished, So Did Workers. At Amazon, It’s Mo... by ryanhuff on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @11:34PM (#18289513)
I don’t know that the NYT has it out for Bezos, but he’s a very easy target. He has a long reputation of treating employees badly while amassing enormous wealth.
Re:When Sears Flourished, So Did Workers. At Amazon, It’s Mo... by biocomputation on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @11:45PM (#18289553)
Yes, it's just this simple. I don't know why more people can't understand how basic this is.
Re:When Sears Flourished, So Did Workers. At Amazon, It’s Mo... by mtgx on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @04:12AM (#18290531)
The better question is - why are so many in such a hurry to defend billionaires?
Re:When Sears Flourished, So Did Workers. At Amazon, It’s Mo... by SmellyGeekBoy on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @05:53AM (#18290989)
I don't know, I think it's right to question journalists' motives in an attempt to keep them honest. This works both ways.
Re:When Sears Flourished, So Did Workers. At Amazon, It’s Mo... by harrumph on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @07:39AM (#18291499)
>The better question is - why are so many in such a hurry to defend billionaires?

I think it's because the tech industry is positively lousy with deluded persons who see themselves as embryonic billionaires. When you believe your asshole sprays gold coins every time you update a git repo, you tend to overlook that production is arranged under capitalism to have the ownership class expropriate the majority of the value that workers create.

Re:When Sears Flourished, So Did Workers. At Amazon, It’s Mo... by skookumchuck on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @03:48AM (#18290436)
Seattle is full of multi-millionaire ex-Amazon workers.
Re:When Sears Flourished, So Did Workers. At Amazon, It’s Mo... by lexs on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @04:10AM (#18290520)
probably not warehouse workers then