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by meritt 4579 days ago
Amazon acquired Kiva Systems to employ robots [1] to replace people for these various tasks. Although taking away a viable source of income for low-income earners during the holiday season probably isn't viewed as "help" by most of them.

[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KRjuuEVEZs