[Melting_Harps]

> I feel that we are living through Les Misérables again

Seems like a speed run of the gilded age to me with the inevitable war theater in Europe and potentially Asia as the back drop for the World Wars that took placce in the 20th Century seems more apt; Amazon is the worst of the FAANGS, and that is saying a lot. It operates under the notion of such an extreme as a 'core value' that it becomes entirely counter-productive, but since the glut of it's customer base doesn't seem to detract from the abuse labour experiences in the process it continues.

To me the closest analog to Amazon were the oil and steel barons of the time that used and abused it's work force, and exploited children etc...

There is a massive Global protest scheduled for this Black Friday [0], so the least I could do was refrain from using it since I can be out there demo'ing at this phase of my Life anymore. Amazon is one of the few corps that I feel should be not just unionized but also broken up by the State, which is really saying something since I think that is the closest thing to an economic nuclear option there is, but we're way past that point now.

0: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2021/11/23/amazon-prote...

[gruez]

>Seems like a speed run of the gilded age to me with the inevitable war theater in Europe and potentially Asia as the back drop for the World Wars that took placce in the 20th Century seems more apt;

What does workplace monitoring have to do with global conflicts?

>There is a massive Global protest scheduled for this Black Friday [0],

Doesn't this type of stuff (eg. anti-capitalism/consumerism protests) happen every black friday? They're always hyped up to be some huge event, but when the day comes it's always underwhelming. The article you linked yourself makes no mention of participants, for instance.

[Melting_Harps]

> What does workplace monitoring have to do with global conflicts?

Let me make it clearer: I feel that the sine 2008 we've been living in an era that resembles the gilded age, and that Amazon is the closest analogue to the robber barons (oil and steel) of that time who exploited and ravaged as they pleased. Workplace monitoring doesn't have anything to do with global conflicts, but workplace intimidation is the norm for these type of Industry-titans who feel they can and do get away with anything with a small fine and legal fees.

> Doesn't this type of stuff (eg. anti-capitalism/consumerism protests) happen every black friday? They're always hyped up to be some huge event, but when the day comes it's always underwhelming. The article you linked yourself makes no mention of participants, for instance.

At the Global level, entered entirely towards this grotesque behemothafter the abysmal record for it's labour poliies? No, I don't think it has even reahed this scope. It's less to do with anti-capitalism/consumerism protests as that is what employees these people, on more to do with workplace reform.

This is also worth noting in ase you didn't read it:

Make Amazon Pay, a coalition of workers and activists, is organizing Black Friday protests to demand the retail giant raise wages, pay more taxes and reduce its carbon footprint, according to its website. The strikes are set to take place at factories, warehouses, data centers, corporate offices and oil refineries across the world, including sites in Minnesota, California, Boston and New York City.

[m3047]

Yes, apparently there is such an animal: https://aws.amazon.com/energy/solutions/refinery-monitoring-...