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Re:France moves to shield its book industry from Amazon by lotsofpulp on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @11:12PM (#29009161)
> I don’t see this as necessarily a good thing. People buying a bunch of low quality products that are designed to be as cheap as possible and then just tossing them in the trash when they inevitably break is terrible for the environment.

The other two options are poor people go without completely, or rich people share their wealth with poor people and lower their quality of life so poor people can raise their quality of life.

Re:France moves to shield its book industry from Amazon by bserge on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @01:32AM (#29009879)
I still don't see how a millionaire giving away 1/10 of his wealth lowers their quality of life. Unless you think a QoL of 15/10 is acceptable.
Re:France moves to shield its book industry from Amazon by lotsofpulp on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @02:43AM (#29010244)
I don't know what 15/10 means, but the point is one of the options involves people that have something to give it up to benefit others, at their loss, no matter how small it may really be.
Re:France moves to shield its book industry from Amazon by bserge on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @03:03AM (#29010343)
15 out of 10, meaning you're living way beyond comfortable.

That's the kind of rich I talk about when I say "rich", btw, not some doctor or lawyer.