• intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    Amazon has about 1.5 million employees.

    When you buy something from them, you’re also supporting those people, as well as the stockholders, and the book’s author.

    If you’re looking for the human effect of buying something from Amazon, focusing on Jeff Bezos is somewhat arbitrary.

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      8 months ago

      When you buy something from them, you’re also supporting those people

      I am sorry, but this take is just insane. You do not support amazon workers when you buy from amazon.

      trickle down does not work. Companies like amazon will not use additional revenue to increase the conditions of their worker.

      In fact, the opposite is true: the more market power amazon has, the worse it will treat its worker (and also the 3rd party sellers, and even the buyers)

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        8 months ago

        Yes but if everyone stops buying from Amazon, those people lose their jobs.

        This isn’t “trickle down”. This is “paychecks”. And yes it does work. That’s why those people work for Amazon.

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          8 months ago

          If everyone stops buying from Amazon, those people could get jobs at any of these companies, where people buy from instead.

          Amazon has replaced a lot of jobs. When amazon goes away, it in turn will get replaced by something else.

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      8 months ago

      Amazon artificially deflates the value of books, while also taking a humongous cut. If you want to support authors, Amazon is usually the worst place to buy from.

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      8 months ago

      right? Maybe don’t buy AMZ but even then, you’re about as useless as a home recycler.