Posted on 10/12/2019 2:59:09 PM PDT by Boomer
I don’t care for him myself but I have to give him credit for inventing the amazon concept and making it so successful.
International Surveillance State:
"Governments [plural] should work quickly to put in place a regulatory framework for facial recognition technology."International Tax System:
"tax codes, particularly between countries, should be coordinated to have neither loopholes that permit artificially lower tax rates nor overlaps that cause higher tax rates or redundant taxation"
Based on John Cook fake poll. Which John Cook also helps run Skeptical science web site which also had Richard Parncutt poll. Which asked if in the name of the greater good we should execute science deniers. They where required to take the poll down. They replaced it with "jail" science deniers which it had a large majority agreement.
A private company’s moral stance normally doesn’t matter this much. But with Big Tech firms, they are so LARGE that their political decisions impact the rights of everyone else.
Amazon controls half of the ecommerce market or more. It is a de facto cartel. When they ban people and products because they don’t like it, it is a violation of anti-competitive practices.
Facebook is 2 billion users - they are the digital public square. Their banning of entire groups (ex-Muslims, ex-gays, ex-liberals) and entire viewpoints is a violation of freedom of speech and freedom of association.
Google controls 90% of online adds and more than half of search thanks to Google books and Youtube. Their private prejudices against groups, viewpoints and products again restricts free speech and fair trade.
The solution is to go after them for anti-trust and anti-competitive practices. Break them up. And punish them for colluding to stop rival startups.
One example is the coordinated shut out of Twitter rival Gab.ai. Another was the coordinated effort by Big Tech AND banks to kill Patreon rivals like Freestarter. And Bitchute, a Youtube rival, was attacked via cutting off the payment processing.
And you have criminal collusion with Kickstarter and Patreon removing people Mastercard doesn’t like.
Big businesses working together to kill their rivals, whether by cutting off their access to capital or making them invisible in the digital public square, it criminal AND a violation of our civil rights.
Thanks for the tip (hpb.com).
I use Amazon for EVERYTHING except groceries, I can’t stand this man however this IS the most amazing company I don’t know how he does it but the service is unbeatable and you can find absolutely ANYTHING on Amazon and have it at your door in 2 days with no shipping charge, sometimes it is there the very next day!!!
They need to be broken up and regulated as utilities. NOW.
It really is amazing. and many times at a cheaper price.
I think this is similar to Henry Ford and his anti-semitism.
Somehow the country survived Ford and his sometimes brilliant, sometimes evil, ways and I think we will survive Bezos also.
No it doesn’t.
It’s not connected to the internet.
That’s true.
It pisses me off that they were the reason why Tower Records went under.
WiFi
Mealy-mouthed, lying-liberal, self-serving, ass-kissing, DNC-talking-point-compliant...
I haven’t used Amazon in years. I’m sure the companies I use are just as bad, but at least they don’t have a giant Virtue Signal on their roofs like Amazon just unveiled.
I am going the opposite way.
I almost bought a smart watch this year. Went with a Hamilton automatic, gears and all. All I need is the time.
I am trying to spend less online, both time and money. No anti-social media to waste my time.
I always thought technology would “free” us more, instead all I see is people imprisoned by it.
Nope.
My TV has no wifi either.
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