Re:The Amazon Empire Strikes Back
by netcan on Monday December 06, 2021 @08:32AM
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Retail, as an employment sector, exists with or without amazon/walmart... and generally also employs low income people. Calling that a service is a bit much.
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Re:The Amazon Empire Strikes Back
by Andrew_nenakhov on Monday December 06, 2021 @08:51AM
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If anything,a more efficient company hires fewer workers than less efficient ones. And Amazon is known to be very efficient.
Sure, and from here on out complexity and alternative might have beens make it unresolveable.
That said, the idea that countries/government perpetually need companies to invest and "make jobs" is ridiculous rhetoric. It describes China in the 80s, or Russia in the 90s.
Re:The Amazon Empire Strikes Back
by Andrew_nenakhov on Monday December 06, 2021 @10:09AM
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You lost me at how it describes Russia in the 90s, since I've been there at the time. Can you elaborate, please?
Russia was courting investors to invest as a way of mitigating unemployment. I don't think it quite worked out this way, but that was the idea.
Re:The Amazon Empire Strikes Back
by catlikesshrimp on Monday December 06, 2021 @09:05AM
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Saying Amazon employs 1M American citizens has more impact than saying 1M people work in retail.
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