I don't know what kind of bizaro world I've stumbled into where Republicans are defending a generous pension quasi government entity and democrats are defending the most cut throat capitalistic company in the US currently. Do we all just reflexively side either pro or anti Trump then proceed to rationalize that decision with whatever mental contortions are necessary to avoid any serious challenge to or growth in the way we view the world?
Do we all just reflexively side either pro or anti Trump then proceed to rationalize...
Trump's problem with Amazon is really about his dislike of Jeff Bezos and The Washington Post (Jeff owns both) and the things the newspaper writes about Trump. Trump calling things "fake news" doesn't make them actually so...
Not trolling (really), but... to address your comments. The problem with Trump is that about 99% of everything he says is either flat-out wrong or easily-provably false. The safe, rational bet is to stand on the opposite side of whatever he's talking about.
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Thursday March 29, 2018 @05:02PM (#56349305)
Yeah, wrt practices that put "many thousands of retailers out of business!"Anti-Amazonians' shining example of an Amazon victim is Toys R Us, but their problems began before Amazon was a big deal, way back in the eBay era.
Actually what killed them was being bled dry in a leveaged buyout by Bain Capitol (Mitt Romney's hedgefund vulture capitol firm). They were squeezed of all their assets so ferociously that they wouldn't have been able to survive even in a world without an eBay or an Amazon.
Use our Postal System as their Delivery Boy? (Score:5, Funny)
Isn't that, literally, why they exist?
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I think that he thinks that the USPS delivers Amazon's stuff for free using Unicorns.
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Do we all just reflexively side either pro or anti Trump then proceed to rationalize ...
Trump's problem with Amazon is really about his dislike of Jeff Bezos and The Washington Post (Jeff owns both) and the things the newspaper writes about Trump. Trump calling things "fake news" doesn't make them actually so...
Not trolling (really), but... to address your comments. The problem with Trump is that about 99% of everything he says is either flat-out wrong or easily-provably false. The safe, rational bet is to stand on the opposite side of whatever he's talking about.
The tweet in the TFS look
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Yeah, wrt practices that put "many thousands of retailers out of business!"Anti-Amazonians' shining example of an Amazon victim is Toys R Us, but their problems began before Amazon was a big deal, way back in the eBay era.
Actually what killed them was being bled dry in a leveaged buyout by Bain Capitol (Mitt Romney's hedgefund vulture capitol firm). They were squeezed of all their assets so ferociously that they wouldn't have been able to survive even in a world without an eBay or an Amazon.