[codegeek]

Competing is not only about killing or destroying someone (a business in your context). It is also about encouraging the players to continuously improve and challenge themselves. Yes it is true that whenever someone wins, someone else loses. But instead of looking only at the loss, look at what new gains are coming in ? You say you ate Amazon etc. because they destroyed many local shops. How about the thousands of jobs they also created ? How about the value they brought to consumers all over the world which the local shops wouldn't have. Also it is not a zero sum game. There still are local shops in cities around you. They still exist.

Look at the positives of anything. Stop worrying about negatives. I am sure those local shops would have found something else to do and who knows, they might even be doing better now.

[jhjhjhjhj]

"How about the thousands of jobs they also created ?" -> This was true in the past with big corporations,huge number of jobs were also created. But, now a days, even this is not true. Eg. Amazon Warehouse Automation, Automation in industries, etc. People are losing their jobs. In developing countries, as simple jobs are getting replaced by machines, many lower class are finding it even difficult to survive. The big enterprises are doing much more harm than the value they are creating. And yet I see people dreaming of making it big just because of our greed. What is good about big?

[codegeek]

you need to think about this more. If at one end, some industries are getting automated due to technological advancements, it is also creating a new set of industry where you need to hire. Sure if there aren't enough warehouse jobs, people will find something they can fit in. Like I said, don't look at it as a zero sum game.

[soneca]

Definetly you should think more about this. I live in Brazil, we are a developing country, we are implementing a lot of automation - particularly in our biggest business, agriculture - and our unemployment rate is one of the lowest in the planet right now.