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So in my mind, this is just typical corruption -- plain and simple. The poor-indentured-slaves-being-forced-to-accept-bribes-to-put-bread-on-the-table angle doesn't really hold water in my opinion. Last edited by DiapDealer; 09-17-2018 at 07:00 PM. |
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09-17-2018, 07:02 PM | #17 | |
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EDIT: Oops, others making the same point. Should have read the whole thread. |
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Most of the people with the power to access to Amazon's databases probably don't even work for Amazon. They do their deeds from internet cafes in Russia, China, Romania...
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09-17-2018, 08:25 PM | #20 |
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Sorry. We're clearly not going to see eye to eye on this. None of what you've quoted (nor any of the other tales I've heard about Amazon's corporate practices, or the conditions in their various US warehouses) comes even close to what I would consider "nightmarish." Even if they're 100% accurate. They just sound like every place I've ever worked (blue and white collar) all of my life.
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Whether the miscreants should be turned in depends on factors like how big the bribes were, whether there was some organized conspiracy, and the fairness of the local justice system. |
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I'm sure there's plenty we could find to agree on in other areas. No need to go to war over this one. |
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best buy does it. there was a lot of bad battery reviews on the oasis then one day poof they were all gone.
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09-17-2018, 09:24 PM | #25 | |
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I realize it feels different because of the technique of allowing a certain number of negative reviews in order to give the positive ones more plausibility. But how different is it than saying 4 out of 5 dentists recommend XYZ, and, thus, 1 out of 5 do not? If a vendor did delete most bad reviews as a corporate policy, it would be only borderline bad IMHO. What's totally bad is the amazon.cn policy of not selling mainstream non-fiction books that are even mildly critical of the government. I just did a search there on author Jung Chang and confirmed they are still censoring (self-censoring?) their China web site book selection. |
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09-18-2018, 04:46 PM | #26 |
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An interesting metric to measure the fairness of a wage is "payslope" --- the multiple of the lowest paid employee to the highest paid employee --- this keeps increasing, to the detriment of society.
Excellent article on it here: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...ticle15472738/ |
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it seems to me that this argument continues because everyone (or most everyone) is saying that only one thing could be the reason behind the dishonest act. as some have pointed out, some do it because they do not get paid well enough, and some who are very well paid also act dishonestly. but everyone who acts dishonestly is likely to have more than one reason and/or personal characteristics that contribute. everyone's purpose and reason(s) are different. to try to distill down to a single reason is pointless.
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