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- akiersky2
50 Years of Trickle-Down Economics Didn’t Work
https://kottke.org/20/12/50-year…
- PhanLo5
- I read a book about Rockefeller once....and it was the same thing. They got so big that no small oil producer could compete. They did stuff like Amazon doesdkoblesky
- Teddy Roosevelt came along and started changing that. That needs to happen now with Amazon, Google....etc It is timedkoblesky
- buy your tripod from a shopify store instead. problem solved. no need to vilify capitalismhotroddy
- unless your utopian who talks shit about capitalism yet is an amazon prime memberhotroddy
- Just another reason to avoid these prickssection_014
- @hotroddy, vilify capitalism? So free-market, without the free? Which is it?twooh
- i said it already. buy your shit elsewherehotroddy
- shopify gives you the tools to competehotroddy
- Hotroddy is right but rather than selling in somebody else's venue (Amazon, Etsy), people need to create their own venue.MondoMorphic
- Idiot Thoughts by Roddyutopian
- An apologist for Crony capitalism...go figure!utopian
- Shopify is the answer, LOLutopian
- https://i.imgur.com/…utopian
- buying from small businesses is the answer.
Shopify is as convenient as Amazon. But I guess not for you, Mr. Amazon Prime memberhotroddy - Amazon WISHES it owned shopify stock. It would vilify Shopify, Mr. Amazon prime memberhotroddy
- My Prime Membership was cancelled Captain America. - Trump2024utopian
- don't believe you. You've said that twice in the last to years yet you keep suggesting movies in "suggest a good movie thread" the week it comes out on primehotroddy
- the times I've called you out on it you said membership was cancelled and you were just staying it's course while it expired.hotroddy
- Looks like Amazon copied China's business model. This also happens with custom productsHayoth
- Support companies directly or purchase their products as locally as possible. You consumed before Amazon and can do so without it.ben_
- It's trickle down economics. Ask Bezos.NBQ00
- Lol buy from Shopify. Good luck finding that shop, with legitimate reviews, return policy, delivered next day shipping on the random piece of hardware you need.jtb26
- The tripods were mass produced in a Chinese factory and marketed by a small business as well as hundreds of othersspot13
- I would argue independent site's reviews are more credible than amazon who has a history of faking/surpressing reviews.hotroddy
- and on average independant sites have better customer service.hotroddy
- fuck me if you are too lazy to take the 5 minutes to research the 5 million tripods on the market.hotroddy
- you have facebook, google, instagram, shop pay, and a million other resources outside amazon ecosystem.hotroddy
- and if an extra two-three days delivery is a deal breaker than you shouldn't bitch and probably deserve Amazon's businesshotroddy
- no one is putting a gun to your head and plenty of options. If amazon spoiled you like a little bitch that's on you.hotroddy
- can't have it both ways. either amazon pays it's employees $15 an hour so it can afford overnight free shipping to your spoiled lazy ass.hotroddy
- or it pays employees $50 an hour and YOU pay for 7 day shippinghotroddy
- @hotroddy "i said it already. buy your shit elsewhere". You didn't say it. It got delisted from the Amazon marketplace. That's not free market.twooh
- amazon is a company, not the free market.hotroddy
- hotroddy - can't tell if you're a parody account or notfadein11
- i bet you have trouble tying your shoes toohotroddy
- utopian0
- Will hotroddy kindly provide us a list of free markets? Try not to include any companies or industries that get subsidies. Good luck with that Captain America!utopian
- Mr. Amazon Prime Member, before I answer, are we talking gov't subsidies? ie. Name vertical business that don't receive subsidies?hotroddy
- *vertical marketshotroddy
- @utopian. That’s the same type of dumb ass ‘clever’ comment as those that claim 60million humans died because of communism in the middle of the last century.Morning_star
- @utopian, how about big tech companies like apple, facebook, Microsoft and twitter? feels like gov't is always reaching into their pockets instead of vice versahotroddy
- How much did Apple pay in taxes again?formed
- Where is your list Captain America?
*Cricketsutopian - Pu up or shut up.utopian
- I already gave you 5 examples above, Mr. VIP Prime Memberhotroddy
- Would Mr. Gold Card Holding Amazon Member like more examples?hotroddy
- Where is your list I don't see it?utopian
- The 5th post from the top.hotroddy
- You mean all (4) of those companies that receive (state & federal) tax subsidies, have off-shore tax shelters and pay zero tax. Okay that capitalism, LMAO.utopian
- What federal subsidies do they receive? They are typically sued by the govt for anti trust. The fact that they have tax shelters is the opposite of socialism.hotroddy
- If they were run by the govt they’d be broke.hotroddy
- I don’t blame you for not knowing the difference. I blame the American public schools. I think we can agree they deserve more fundinghotroddy
- It is by no will of the govt they receive tax breaks. The govt would love to tax the shit out of them but for more $$$. But They have good CPAs.hotroddy
- Subsidies is when the govt willingly gives you money.hotroddy
- Like the steel industry or agriculture.hotroddy
- ...mr Amazon prime member. :)hotroddy
- NBQ00-2
I wanna be a fucking C Y B E R T R I L L I O N A I R E
- NBQ00-3
What has the world come to.
This girl makes a million $$ a month on OnlyFans pretending to be a dog.
Just who are the people paying for this crap?
- People have been doing this for centuries.nb
- I am sure she's doing a lot more than fetching a toy for 'a million a month'. People do far worse (Kardashians, etc.)formed
- so many questines... how does someone even begin doing something like this?renderedred
- my job sucks, my life sucks, i'm bored... eureka! i'm going to pretend i'm a dog in online videos!renderedred
- You watch some pretty weird shit.utopian
- like nb says....just because it is on the internet doesn't make it newdkoblesky
- utopian1
Google, Tesla, Apple, Facebook rake in massive subsidies.
Apple, market cap $894 billion, has racked up $693 million in subsidies since 2009, the group reported. Facebook, market cap $549 billion, has reaped $333 million since 2010, according to the group. Good Jobs First classifies tax breaks as subsidies.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018…
It's called capitalism...ask Captain America!
- utopian1
Microsoft: $22 Billion in Subsidies Has Not Addressed Broadband Adoption, Fixing Broadband Maps Should be Priority
https://www.telecompetitor.com/m…
It's called capitalism...ask Captain America!
- that video lol, I was going to say I hope I have his energy when that old, then realised I am probably nearly the same age hahafadein11
- utopian3
Free Subsidies & Corporate Welfare Summary:
Microsoft
Subsidy Value: $581,820,703Apple
Subsidy Value: $820,690,826Microsoft
Subsidy Value: $374,168,107It's called capitalism...ask Captain America!
https://www.goodjobsfirst.org
- utopian5
Congress packed stimulus with corporate welfare
It's called capitalism...ask Captain America!
http://njtoday.net/2020/12/22/co…
- utopian1
Drugmakers agree to halve prices to get on China state insurance list.
Drugmakers have agreed to cut prices by around 50% on average for more than 100 medicines in order to have them included in China’s state medical insurance scheme from March, potentially heralding a massive leap in sales.
- utopian1
Gawd Bless Murica!
Republicans Propping Up the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Borderline Socialist.
Technically it’s crony capitalism, but it’s closer to socialism than what Democrats want.
- utopian6
Drugmakers to hike prices for 2021 as pandemic, political pressure put revenues at risk.
Drugmakers including Pfizer Inc, Sanofi SA, and GlaxoSmithKline Plc plan to raise U.S. prices on more than 300 drugs in the United States on Jan. 1, according to drugmakers and data analyzed by healthcare research firm 3 Axis Advisors.
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Drugmakers agree to halve prices to get on China state insurance list.
Drugmakers have agreed to cut prices by around 50% on average for more than 100 medicines in order to have them included in China’s state medical insurance scheme from March, potentially heralding a massive leap in sales.
- https://www.reuters.…utopian
- https://www.reuters.…utopian
- https://finance.yaho…utopian
- Here’s what’s really happening: Drug prices are reduced by 50% but FED print so much money, inflation means you pay 50% more for said drugs.shapesalad
- As long as they are driven by shareholders, they'll always seek to increase profits/reduce benefits. It's just math, after all.formed