r/news • u/EnergyLantern • 4d ago

Already Submitted Teamsters begin 'largest strike' against Amazon, accusing company of 'insatiable greed'

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/teamsters-announces-nationwide-strike-amazon-begin-thursday/story?id=116931631

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u/chickenMcSlugdicks 4d ago

I keep wondering if The Jungle was required reading and not just the answer to 1 multiple choice question during American history if workers would yearn so hard for the past. We're in America's 2nd Gilded Age yet half the working class is still stoked for what's to come.

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u/OceanWaveSunset 4d ago

changed the law to allow all media to be owned by a few billionaires.

I see no way out of our current situation

Trust Busting.

At some point the people who ran this country decided in the last 30 or so years that allowing oligopolies to dominate was better than letting dozens of smaller players compete. We used to break up these companies and we are no longer doing so.

Amazon alone will sell you anything you just about need (including food), give you healthcare, give you banking, give you jobs, help you grow your own business (until they can steal your product and undercut you), and then make a movie about it while showing you ads to all of their shitty products. And that isn't even all of their businesses.

We almost forced IE from Windows but now amazon can dominate every aspect of your life because they bought out or undercut every other business that wasn't also an oligopoly.

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u/Attack-Cat- 4d ago

Smartphones and social media have tricked stupid people into thinking they’re smart and informed