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by chongli 2979 days ago
I don't see it. Working at Toys R Us may not have been great, fine, but it sure beats pissing in bottles in a sweltering/freezing Amazon warehouse.

Amazon is a lot more profitable than Toys R Us ever was but that doesn't mean they make the job market, let alone society, healthier.
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harryh 2979 days ago
I bet you spend more money at Amazon than you did at Toys R Us. You might not see it, but your wallet does.
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chongli 2979 days ago
Yes, and I can complain about sweatshops in India and Bangladesh without foregoing clothes. Appeals to hypocrisy are the weakest sort of argument.
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harryh 2979 days ago
It was not intended an appeal to hypocrisy. It was demonstrating that a lot of people (including you and me) get a tremendous amount of value out of Amazon and society is healthier as a result.
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