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Re:Amazon’s Showdown in France Tests Its Ability to Sidestep... by esotericn on Sunday May 17, 2020 @12:20PM (#23212968)
Not having Amazon =/= only using local commerce. The problem is their centralization siphoning all of the money and attention out of the business, vertically integrating delivery, etc.

It's not like online retailers don't exist. Well, for now. They _will_ go under if we just let Amazon run everything unchecked.

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Re:Amazon’s Showdown in France Tests Its Ability to Sidestep... by missedthecue on Sunday May 17, 2020 @01:28PM (#23213526)
Protectionism is anti-consumer
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Re:Amazon’s Showdown in France Tests Its Ability to Sidestep... by esotericn on Sunday May 17, 2020 @01:35PM (#23213574)
Yeah, see, me and my neighbours are not bloody "consumers".

What matters is that we provide an environment within which we can trade amongst each other as (relative) equals, not one in which the Great Overlord owns all of the means of production.

This isn't a border dispute, this is about behaviour within a country.

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Re:Amazon’s Showdown in France Tests Its Ability to Sidestep... by rumanator on Sunday May 17, 2020 @02:48PM (#23214246)
> Protectionism is anti-consumer

Forcing the adoption of exploitative labor practices is helpful to consumers within that jurisdiction?

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Re:Amazon’s Showdown in France Tests Its Ability to Sidestep... by the-dude on Sunday May 17, 2020 @01:33PM (#23213558)
Which is nice as long as you have work.
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Re:Amazon’s Showdown in France Tests Its Ability to Sidestep... by missedthecue on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @01:42AM (#23231595)
Protectionism creates less employment and opportunity than free trade. This is like saying immigrants take jobs from Americans
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