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by 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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Yes, and I can complain about sweatshops in India and Bangladesh without foregoing clothes. Appeals to hypocrisy are the weakest sort of argument.
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.