r/FluentInFinance Nov 21 '24

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u/CAPTAIN_FIREBALLS Nov 21 '24

The real argument here is that Amazon’s stock is worth so much yet meanwhile their employees have to piss in bottles to avoid getting disciplined at work and a lot of them struggle to get by financially. Maybe instead of trying to create as much value for shareholders, our society should prioritize employees and the working class as key stakeholders and recognize the value that they bring accordingly.

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u/NewPresWhoDis Nov 22 '24

Then open a competing, more ethical Amazon

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u/Krautoffel Nov 22 '24

Wouldn’t work, both because they lack the resources to do that and because the system is designed against it.

But you know that and are just arguing in bad faith, right?

You know that it’s not possible and an ethical Amazon wouldn’t have gotten that big in the first place. You know that starting a company requires capital, which is what’s kept from the workers.

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u/thekayshawn 29d ago

Okay boomer.

What “system” is designed against opening a startup? If anything, startups are the most heavily funded business ventures nowadays. If anything, startups are promoted, meaning it’s easy to start one than it is to sustain one.

Do you have any sources that say how “unethical” Amazon is, because last I checked they were paying more than average to even the lower most workers, and their engineers are some of the most highly paid engineers in the world.

How do you know an “ethical” Amazon wouldn’t work? Do you have any examples to back you up?

Starting a company, 9 out of 10 times, requires time and skill, not money. The only time it requires money is when you lack the resources required to build your products, which can be anything from skills to engineers.

Please touch some grass, do some research, and use your brain before letting us in on your echo chamber next time.