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Originally Posted by HappyMartin
Well its a business, what are you hoping for?
I am constantly amused at people extolling the virtues of capitalism and then getting all hurt and offended at the day to day reality of the system as it works.
What do we want Amazon to do? Apologize for getting so big and promise to stay nice and little? Let all the little guys have a chance? Not make anymore money?
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These kind of responses are endemic these days and show how prevelant economic ignorance is. Classic capitalism assumes a level playing field. It assumes that politicians are not influenced by contributions. It assumes that rewards are equal to contributions. It assumes that labor is fairly valued. I could go on much further, but point made I hope. In todays world a few benefit greatly out of all proportion to their contributions. Sharp operators get rich distorting the process and use the media and legislative process to brainwash the public by using their own values against them, to convince us the process is fair and we are the problem.