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[–]BEB[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Walsh is a libertarian. I sometimes agree with libertarians, mostly about being anti-war and pro-free speech, but then I remember pot holes ;-)

[–]lefterfield 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Heh, yeah. I like listening to libertarian commentators, but it's just a bridge too far to give up all centralized government. I think it's more likely the US will stop oppressing its citizens than Amazon, Facebook, or Twitter will. And I suspect that that's one outcome of libertarianism - corporate oppression instead. If the goal is to break up those monopolies too, well, who does that?

[–]BEB[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

You make a good point about corporate oppression. I try not to shop at Amazon, because once it becomes the only provider, or one of the few, we are screwed.

Plus Amazon has truly awful labor practices, and treats the companies that sell through it like shit.

[–]lefterfield 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Plus Amazon has truly awful labor practices, and treats the companies that sell through it like shit.

And this is the major irony of the woke crap, too. These "activists" don't care how companies treat people, only that the company parrots the right talking points. I remember this especially with Hobby Lobby, and the big outrage over them being Christian and some artifacts that I didn't really care about. What I DO care about is that from everything I've heard Hobby Lobby pays their employees well, treats them well, and people who work there tend to make it a career. I've heard working for Youtube is also miserable, and we know Amazon is - but they have the "right politics" so the woke support them. It's so sickeningly hypocritical.

It's hard to avoid Amazon. I'm going to do my best too, I can't support a company that digitally burns books.

[–]BEB[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I look at the company selling the Amazon product and, if I can track them down, I contact them directly.

Yes, it is hard to shop smaller companies especially since search engines don't direct you to them. But for me it's important. Small businesses are the blood, sweat and tears of real people and deserve support.