[djsumdog]

I stopped shopping at Wal-Mart back around 2009 and stopped buying from Amazon around 2012. I don't like support those models and I hate how so much in the tech world is dependent on Amazon. There should be more providers people are willing to use.

It saddened me when Amazon absorbed Whole Foods. I still shop there because I like the breakfast bar, and there's a limit on what we can actually do as consumers. I realize it's all symbolic as you can't actually "vote with your dollars" as the libertarians would have you believe.

But still, I hope this is all Munster vaporware blowing out his ass. I'm sure there'd be serious FTC issues with a merger that large. Then again, the FCC did just ditch network neutrality and both companies are large enough they can probably lobby whoever they want to make such a transaction go through.

[ancap]

> you can't actually "vote with your dollars"

Sure you can, and you did. You're gripe is that the majority of others don't share your concerns--so you have been, thus far, out voted.

[Goronmon]

I realize it's all symbolic as you can't actually "vote with your dollars" as the libertarians would have you believe.

"Voting" has never guaranteed that your desired outcome is the one chosen. If it was, it would have to be called something other than "voting".

[BlackjackCF]

I mean technically you can vote with your dollars. It's just the really rich people who outvoted us with their dollars because they have more of it. :|

[SubiculumCode]

Breakfast pizza. Genuine trigger food of the Gods. I'm glad the Whole Foods next door closed.