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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by kmeisthax on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @02:33PM (#37663807)
Yes they are forced to work. If you don't have a job you starve, that's how our economy works. That's a very soft form of force (specifically, a sin of omission), but it is still force.

Likewise, quitting your job is extremely disruptive and carries risk of bankruptcy if you can't get on to another employer in time. It's not simply a matter of "switch to the best offer available".

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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by vasilipupkin on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @02:39PM (#37663876)
I was alive before Uber, AMZN existed and nobody starved, people just worked elsewhere, so this assertion is just not true. People have to work, but they don't have to work for AMZN, they didn't before it existed. Sure, quitting is disruptive, but people are not actually forced to work for any company, come on.
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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by lancesells on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @03:20PM (#37664498)
You don't think the large companies that existed before Amazon abused those workers? Wal-Mart never did anything wrong to their workers? It's a repeating playbook.
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