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In reply to the discussion: The heart of the problem is that most People like Walmart [View all]AlexSatan
(535 posts)58. On the other hand, with Amazon
it has allowed me to buy books I otherwise would not have. For example, at the beginning of each school year, we buy used copies of each of our kids' textbooks (often under $10 each) so they can have a copy at home and one at school so they do not have to lug a heavy backpack back and forth.
I would not have done that if not for places like Amazon. And a book gets more use that it otherwise likely would not have,
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Unless one is expecting a hero to set things right, villainous is not a useful category
cthulu2016
Nov 2012
#2
"The whole horrible thing operates from the collisions of human nature and material reality"
iemitsu
Nov 2012
#18
Classic Blame the Victims post. If you don't like villain, try predator. That's quantifiable,
leveymg
Nov 2012
#38
"the walmart customer is equally culpable" = false equivalency because of the
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#45
oh, baloney. 'customer demand' isn't responsible for walmart's move to foreign
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#47
Short-term thinking is cancerous in cases like these. Liking WalMart because you like ...
Scuba
Nov 2012
#6
I've spent more hours in used book stores than I can count. When I die, my ghost will haunt one.
Scuba
Nov 2012
#13
The solution is that they need to grow the fuck up, face that they're feeding the predator...
ancianita
Nov 2012
#22
Amen and hallelujah! I urge all to comparison shop. I say this because I've
snappyturtle
Nov 2012
#39
If these corporations were making use of overseas labor but still allowing us to maintain
brewens
Nov 2012
#27
George McGovern, ca. 1972, propsoed a Guaranteed Annual Income (aka
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#32
"like"? compared to what? most people earn less than $16/hour, that's why they
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#44
Some items can't be purchased online efficiently and high volume sellers can't handle
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#61