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Amazon’s UK FBA operations will be split from the EU

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Re: Amazon’s UK FBA operations will be split from the EU

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Post by donarb »

pjc50 wrote: post #156
corty wrote: post #146

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The press pushing an agenda for either side and not remaining an impartial observer is a huge part of the problem, not only with Brexit. I'm not sure if in former times the press was just as opinionated and noone noticed. But now, people notice that the press isn't impartial and therefore just do not trust even the rare instances of impartial facts being presented.

British press has never really pretended to be impartial; the Daily Mail under Lord Rothermere ran pro-Hitler editorial until the war broke out. (My point about Johnson was that he was genuinely paid more for a while as a Times "columnist" than as Prime Minister)

That's nothing. In 1939, The New York Times did an article about Hitler and his mountain retreat at Berchtesgaden, about how he goes there to unwind and be amongst nature.

https://www.nytimes.com/1939/08/20/archives/herr-hitler-at-h...

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Post by rsynnott »

nightcracker wrote: post #24

Another americentric post, seeing the upvotes it gets. This really isn't newsworthy. Amazon in Europe is small, having 50% in the US). For example, in the Netherlands people are much more likely to shop at Bol, Coolblue or Wehkamp.

Amazon is bigger in Europe than you think. And this is an indicator of a general Brexit-y problems; all small sellers will have to deal with this, not just Amazon marketplace ones.

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Post by sdoering »

krona wrote: post #43
sdoering wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I find the idea interesting. Do you have data for me to study on the effects of such a political/economical system? Would love to find out more.

Do you mean the effects of different forms of economic planning (centralized/decentralized) and democratic decision making? No, there is no research or data available, at all.

I especially meant the "loosely connected and trade oriented" part. Sounds a little bit like Holacracy. Not sure, thought.

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Post by hellofunk »

xkyscore wrote: post #164
scott_w wrote: post #148

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I feel you over-play the economic discussion, at least insofar as it was at the forefront. While economic "freedom" was pushed by the official campaign, however, you can't deny the widespread publicity of the Nazi-esque "Breaking Point" poster. Anecdotally, I saw people pushing to vote Brexit to stop "the scum of Eastern Europe" from coming here and taxi drivers who voted Brexit to "kick the P *s out" (ethnic slur fo…

It always baffles me when people claim "Paki" is an ethnic slur when used for Pakistani citizens. Do you consider "Brit" for a British citizen to be an ethnic slur as well?

Despite that you’re getting downvoted, I’m rather curious about the connotation of these words myself.

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Post by jjgreen »

xkyscore wrote: post #164
scott_w wrote: post #148

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I feel you over-play the economic discussion, at least insofar as it was at the forefront. While economic "freedom" was pushed by the official campaign, however, you can't deny the widespread publicity of the Nazi-esque "Breaking Point" poster. Anecdotally, I saw people pushing to vote Brexit to stop "the scum of Eastern Europe" from coming here and taxi drivers who voted Brexit to "kick the P *s out" (ethnic slur fo…

It always baffles me when people claim "Paki" is an ethnic slur when used for Pakistani citizens. Do you consider "Brit" for a British citizen to be an ethnic slur as well?

A few years of hearing skinhead Nazis shouting "pakis out" will do that to a culture.

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Post by monodeldiablo »

thatguy0900 wrote: post #140
nickserv wrote: post #97

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Pretty sure OP is being sarcastic.

He knows it's sarcastic, he said it's a cartoonish portrayal of brexit voters

I'd have thought so, too... except that I regularly speak with Brexiters. Cognitive dissonance is very real.

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Post by cm2187 »

ChuckNorris89 wrote: post #12
m0xte wrote: post #6

I’m in the UK. I can see this is going to mean a huge chunk of products disappearing from amazon here. A lot of stuff I order comes from Europe. So supply chain problems for months here we come! Fun times ahead. And no I didn’t vote for this shit show.

At least now you get to keep those 350 million GBP a week. /s

Actually if you prorated the demand from the EU in term of exit payment to the length of the residual budget, you were well over 350m pw. And that's before the big €700bn+ package that the EU is cooking right now which will dwarf those numbers.

Re: Amazon’s UK FBA operations will be split from the EU

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Post by DanBC »

xkyscore wrote: post #164
scott_w wrote: post #148

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I feel you over-play the economic discussion, at least insofar as it was at the forefront. While economic "freedom" was pushed by the official campaign, however, you can't deny the widespread publicity of the Nazi-esque "Breaking Point" poster. Anecdotally, I saw people pushing to vote Brexit to stop "the scum of Eastern Europe" from coming here and taxi drivers who voted Brexit to "kick the P *s out" (ethnic slur fo…

It always baffles me when people claim "Paki" is an ethnic slur when used for Pakistani citizens. Do you consider "Brit" for a British citizen to be an ethnic slur as well?

People don't push dog shit through your letter box and spray paint "pakis out" if you're white British, but they do if you're Pakistani, Indian, Bangladeshi, etc etc.
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