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Re:The Amazon Empire Strikes Back by Andrew_nenakhov on Monday December 06, 2021 @08:51AM (#29459689)
If anything,a more efficient company hires fewer workers than less efficient ones. And Amazon is known to be very efficient.
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Re:The Amazon Empire Strikes Back by netcan on Monday December 06, 2021 @09:05AM (#29459843)
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.

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Re:The Amazon Empire Strikes Back by Andrew_nenakhov on Monday December 06, 2021 @10:09AM (#29460594)
You lost me at how it describes Russia in the 90s, since I've been there at the time. Can you elaborate, please?
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Re:The Amazon Empire Strikes Back by netcan on Monday December 06, 2021 @02:38PM (#29464524)
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.
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