kharms
Joined 11 years ago
Joined 11 years ago
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MMX62AM/A/lightning-to-35...
The issue is that over the long term, Amazon is lowering the ROI on innovating and taking risks in the consumer goods space. It's able to do this because of its dominance as a marketplace.
I'm also skeptical of the idea that they make it harder for people with "real" intolerances - in the gluten example, there's been an explosion of GF foods, products, and menu signage ever since "gluten intolerance" became a familiar phrase.
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/coronavirus_medical-goods-from-...
Except for the fact that it's a choice - they aren't kidnapped and sold, they are choosing to work in (to us) shitty conditions because the conditions in their home countries are even worse. If you want to talk compassion - have some compassion for what they are running from.
I'm actually a little stunned at your disregard for the realities of slavery, both modern day and historic.
>If the seller can prove that the increased price is directly attributable to increases in the cost of labor or materials needed to provide the good or service, the seller may not be liable under the statute.
It's right there on the linked page. This basically prohibits large markups while allowing for passing of costs.
Now this desperate man called for protest, and what did he get? Thousands.
It's a tough moment for our nation, but I am reassured. First the people, then the courts, then the states, now congress and the Vice President have all repudiated Trump's dictatorial aspirations.