Markets don't optimize for ethical practices, but for convenience and price - driving down wages and driving up profits.
Consumers don't care how bad Amazon employees have it, if that degree of ruthless exploitation is what it takes to deliver an Echo anywhere in the world in two days.
You can regulate these companies through the political process, but you do need to get involved...
What chance do you have of convincing consumers to use a less convenient more expensive alternative to Amazon, when you can barely convince them to vote in their own interest?
‘Barely convince’? When did that happen? I think it is fair to say Americans are flat out incapable of voting in their own best interest. It could be argued they don’t even have a chance to, but regardless, they by-and-large cannot identify that chance whether it exists or not.
Consumers don't care how bad Amazon employees have it, if that degree of ruthless exploitation is what it takes to deliver an Echo anywhere in the world in two days.