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I didn't make a value judgement. Don't read into malice that isn't there.
Where's the assumed malice? I didn't say you were malicious, just far removed from reality.
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> Is there any legal precedent for what governments would do? There is a long history of the government using the military to break strikes and fill the labor gap for things deemed necessary for national security. I'm not sure Amazon warehouses are in the same class as coal mines though...
> I'm not sure Amazon warehouses are in the same class as coal mines though... Essential for food security and biosafety? I'd say the same class.
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People need to stay home, but they also need to go to the grocery store, bank, or other essential activities. When they do, they should be wearing a mask.
I think we know that's just not going to happen in general. It's been impossible to buy masks for weeks.
Professional and Home-Made Face Masks Reduce Exposure to Respiratory Infections among the General Population
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The government would absolutely step in and stop a strike at Amazon right now, or just about any other business. Anyone trying to strike right now would be run out of town by citizens with torches as well. It might sound like a good idea in the abstract, but if you factor in the emotional state of the country, people would be up in arms and those on strike would get zero sympathy.
What would the Government do? Force people to go back to work at gunpoint? I'd love to see them try.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ralphbenko/2013/03/11/1-6-billi...
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It's probably time to nationalize the airline industry entirely. Why do they enrich themselves during good times, and then we bail them out during bad times? If it's essential to economic stability and national security, and it keeps costing taxpayers a ton of money, then why even continue this facade of "private" airlines? The same excuse was used for banks during the recession. We need banks when the economy recove…
> It's probably time to nationalize the airline industry entirely. Great call. Every time I watch a presidential press conference, my first thought is "Wow, when this all blows over, I hope these people are running the airlines."
I also think it was pretty horrible to prevent shipments of non-essential items from 3rd-party sellers (we can still purchase these items now, but sellers can no longer ship these items to amazon FBA warehouses).
Many of these sellers will now have to layoff their own staff, because they will be unable to make payroll/ship out products.
If Amazon wanted to win immediate trust and lasting goodwill, they should secure suppliers for "Amazon's choice" cotton surgical masks, providing priority service to hospital systems in regions of need, but also (publicly), their own warehouse and delivery workforce. They have the leverage, analytics, and supply chain to make it happen. Edit: We need to provide enough masks so that people don't feel like they are dep…
WTF are we spending all this money for military, which has their own suppliers, logistics etc if they can't help us.
Additionally our intelligence agencies should have been "blowing the whistle" when Trump downplayed the issue for 2 months.
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> It's probably time to nationalize the airline industry entirely. Great call. Every time I watch a presidential press conference, my first thought is "Wow, when this all blows over, I hope these people are running the airlines."
At least then the people in charge are forced to respond in some capacity to what the public wants rather than individual purchasing decisions about what tactically works best moment to moment.
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They used to be paid in stock... they wanted $15/hr instead.
Wow.. such bubble, much removed from reality. 78% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. And spoiler alert: it's not because of buying iphones! Yeah, fuck these people for not having proper financial education and a savings account.
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> Is there any legal precedent for what governments would do? There is a long history of the government using the military to break strikes and fill the labor gap for things deemed necessary for national security. I'm not sure Amazon warehouses are in the same class as coal mines though...
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If you had a angry man blocking your driveway and refusing to leave, you would call the police. If there were hundreds, you would like to be able to call the military.
I'm no lover of government, and certainly it was fumbling and violent when performing it's duty (as always). That said, the purpose of breaking a strike is to allow people who want to work (strike breakers) to do business with people who want to employ them.
A core function of government is to facilitate mutual transactions. There's nothing inherently immoral about that.