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Re:NY state tax break is $48k per Amazon HQ job by linkmotif on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @11:43PM (#18456917)
Because the reason you buy things on Amazon is because they get you the best deal and they get you the best deal because they get the best deals. They get the best deal by exploiting workers in American warehouses, exploiting workers in Chinese factories or exploiting the citizens of New York. Either way, exploitation gets you that deal. Those guys who aren’t as effective at exploitation as Amazon? Well, you don’t shop with them, do you?

Now if you weren’t a price or convenience-sensitive consumer who didn’t shop on Amazon out of moral conviction, I would at least respect your perspective. But if you shop on Amazon, I’m not sure you get to quote Yogi Berra.

Re:NY state tax break is $48k per Amazon HQ job by brownbat on Thursday November 15, 2018 @12:55AM (#18457193)
My issue is not with Amazon.

This is about the game, not the player.

Though now I'm misquoting Ice T too...

Re:NY state tax break is $48k per Amazon HQ job by d0gbread on Thursday November 15, 2018 @01:37AM (#18457353)
I don't see the show stopping conflict around shopping on Amazon and also pushing for an improved political/market environment. Maybe we'll just be spending more per order... still on Amazon? If exploitation is systematically eliminated, the concept of a deal still exists.
Re:NY state tax break is $48k per Amazon HQ job by Fjolsvith on Thursday November 15, 2018 @12:11AM (#18457007)
Well, Yogi also said that if the world was perfect, it wouldn't be. So I keep shopping at Amazon.