Amazon Pulls Book
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You know if you think about what happened here really ISN'T a case of a private business making their own decisions about what to carry. After all what Amazon wanted to do was keep selling the book. It was pressure from the public and tons of really bad press that led them to drop it.
People in America talk a lot about the idea that business should be able to make its own decisions separate from the government, but what about the idea that the public can actually force business' hand if they care enough about something?
That's really more of a socialistic idea. Note that people didn't say I'm going to take my money elsewhere, they insisted that this company has to reflect the views of society. Granted, Amazon wasn't legally coerced or anything, but with the wrath of the press and public bearing down on them, they didn't really have a choice. If people really believed in the first idea, they could have just noted their disapproval and moved on. I'm not saying its good or bad...just interesting.