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Old 11-28-2017, 08:51 AM
 
Location: Bella Vista, Ark
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I have absolutely no problem with Amazon or Walmart either. It is time we accept the changing world. We are no longer a society that walks into a mall to shop; we shop on line, we go to specialty stores, and yes, big box stores. While jobs may be affected, families are smaller thus there will not be the need for so many jobs in the future. Saying we will be losing jobs is like saying, cars should not have been invented because it made the need for stage coach drivers less or farms should go back to manual labor instead of using machinery.
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Old 11-28-2017, 08:57 AM
 
Location: Barrington
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Walmart became the #1 US private sector employer in the 80's.

Amazon added more than 110,000 jobs between Q1 , 2016 and Q1 2017.

Who knows? One day Amazon may claim the top spot.
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Old 11-28-2017, 09:18 AM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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Not only am I sick of what Bezos and his Washington Compost are doing to Roy Moore and Project Veritas, but I'm worried that Amazon is going to become a large evil monopoly that crushes every business in sight like Microsoft and WalMart are doing.

I actually think us shopping Amazon so much is eventually going to kill a lot of jobs and lead to Amazon having a lot of power over the public with fewer jobs and lower wages and little competition.
They said the same thing about the Sears and Roebuck mail order catalogue...

...in 1888.
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Old 11-28-2017, 10:41 AM
 
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Not only am I sick of what Bezos and his Washington Compost are doing to Roy Moore and Project Veritas, but I'm worried that Amazon is going to become a large evil monopoly that crushes every business in sight like Microsoft and WalMart are doing.

I actually think us shopping Amazon so much is eventually going to kill a lot of jobs and lead to Amazon having a lot of power over the public with fewer jobs and lower wages and little competition.
I LOVE amazon. I can order something today and have it by Thursday and I don't have to deal with rude customer service people, no registers being opened, and being followed around the store like a criminal. I will continue to do my shopping with amazon.
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Old 11-28-2017, 12:03 PM
 
Location: Brackenwood
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OP makes a compelling argument to shop at Amazon.
OP makes a compelling case for stepping away from electronic media for a while and reconnecting with life.
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Old 11-28-2017, 12:26 PM
 
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Not only am I sick of what Bezos and his Washington Compost are doing to Roy Moore and Project Veritas, but I'm worried that Amazon is going to become a large evil monopoly that crushes every business in sight like Microsoft and WalMart are doing.

I actually think us shopping Amazon so much is eventually going to kill a lot of jobs and lead to Amazon having a lot of power over the public with fewer jobs and lower wages and little competition.
You just want to charge against everything that threatens your ideology.

I bet you shop at Walmart.

If the stores where I shop (and no, I don’t shop at Walmart) don’t have what I need, I will shop at Amazon.

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Old 11-28-2017, 12:27 PM
 
Location: In The Thin Air
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Not only am I sick of what Bezos and his Washington Compost are doing to Roy Moore and Project Veritas, but I'm worried that Amazon is going to become a large evil monopoly that crushes every business in sight like Microsoft and WalMart are doing.

I actually think us shopping Amazon so much is eventually going to kill a lot of jobs and lead to Amazon having a lot of power over the public with fewer jobs and lower wages and little competition.
Would you like to change your stance on Project Veritas today?
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Old 11-28-2017, 12:34 PM
 
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Not only am I sick of what Bezos and his Washington Compost are doing to Roy Moore and Project Veritas, but I'm worried that Amazon is going to become a large evil monopoly that crushes every business in sight like Microsoft and WalMart are doing.

I actually think us shopping Amazon so much is eventually going to kill a lot of jobs and lead to Amazon having a lot of power over the public with fewer jobs and lower wages and little competition.
Amazon turns you into a dishonest conniving pedophile?!!! Damn You, Alexa!!!!!
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