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As a consumer, I am outraged that I am paying less for [product]. Down with the monipisynolipsism.
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maniacdevnull posted:u got 
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Shifty Pony posted:Lol get hosed krugman. good luck arguing that theory of consumer harm in a court of law. cultural works are not analogous to cars, idiot
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when we're talking about their distribution and costs then yeah, they're the same.
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woah i just remembered this https://github.com/zorn/MegaManEffect
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Shaggar posted:when we're talking about their distribution and costs then yeah, they're the same. would you download a car
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would you pirate windows 8.1
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ta-da~
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i wouldn't pirate windows 8.1 either but not for any ethical reason
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Krugman's a straight up troll. Accusing Amazon of exerting monopsony power over bougie, dinosaur publishers is calling the kettle black.
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Shifty Pony posted:Lol get hosed krugman. good luck arguing that theory of consumer harm in a court of law. this is a bad post cause u don't have the market power to control prices IDIOT it has nothing to do with who's gonna do a cooler thing with the money or who u think "deserves" it
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cremnob posted:this is a bad post
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cremnob posted:this is a bad post appreciate the heads up but you don't need to preface your posts with a summary of the post
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gas ban op
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http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2011/10/1-paul-krugman-is-right-2-if-you-think-paul-krugman-is-wrong-refer-to-1.html
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the whole distribution system relies on underpaid 'temp' labor with very little or no oversight and is incredibly hosed up to the workers in the warehouses and poo poo too
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quote:online bookselling, which has indeed been a good thing for many Americans
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Moridin920 posted:the whole distribution system relies on underpaid 'temp' labor with very little or no oversight and is incredibly hosed up to the workers in the warehouses and poo poo too manual labor job that requires no skills pays poorly and comes with few benefits, news at 11. amazon is hardly unique in that respect.
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Gazpacho posted:[citation needed] true, it makes them easier for us to ignore
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mmmmmm amazon's warehouses are especially horrible even compared to most distribution centers of course they subcontract them to the lowest bidder so they can wash their hands of it
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"company does a lovely thing" "so what, other companies also do lovely thing" "oh ok i guess it doesn't matter then" and thus the race to the bottom continued unabated
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if a company doesn't do a lovely thing then some other company will do the lovely thing and pass the savings on to the customers and become the market leader. this is the capitalistic ideal. stop being a commie
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and then if the price of that labor is ever forced up it has a ceiling at wherever robot ROI is under 2 years.
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one of the anti-union guys here told me a story about how distribution center workers would strategically leave pallets in aisles during their lunch break to block the robots so they couldn't continue towing stuff around until the humans got back. half an hour later there's a line of a dozen robot forklifts stuck in an aisle honking at each other
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kiva robots are p cool and if you ever get the change to visit a center in person they're p cool to watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWsMdN7HMuA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8fDAFHdmAc if this is the warehouse i'm thinking of it's like a mile from my apartment
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the stock music in this marketing vid is fuckin sick
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Werthog 95 posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8fDAFHdmAc That's the one you're thinking of, I used to live in the "apartment community" right around the corner.
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Moridin920 posted:the whole distribution system relies on underpaid 'temp' labor with very little or no oversight and is incredibly hosed up to the workers in the warehouses and poo poo too if workers feel they are being treated unfairly they can
of course, these solutions require a modicum of self-respect, and a willingness to expend effort and endure discomfort
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angry_keebler posted:if workers feel they are being treated unfairly they can source your quotes please
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the employees at the giant eagle warehouse all seemed pretty happy and satisfied with their jobs. i also saw a lot of teamsters union material on the walls there. hmmm maybe that's related
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anyway if you really haven't heard the horror stories about amazon warehouses yet, enjoy http://articles.mcall.com/2011-09-18/news/mc-allentown-amazon-complaints-20110917_1_warehouse-workers-heat-stress-brutal-heat
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Citizen Tayne posted:That's the one you're thinking of, I used to live in the "apartment community" right around the corner. wtf is an apartment community
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Werthog 95 posted:anyway if you really haven't heard the horror stories about amazon warehouses yet, enjoy http://articles.mcall.com/2011-09-18/news/mc-allentown-amazon-complaints-20110917_1_warehouse-workers-heat-stress-brutal-heat yeah that's p bad. there's also the case in the courts where they are being forced to wait in line up to an an hour after their shift to go through a mandatory anti theft screening and are of course not payed for their time. everyone knows being a warehouse worker sucks and you'll be taken advantage of. singling out just amazon for it is p dumb though.
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