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Dear Jeff Bezos, instead of firing me, protect your workers from coronavirus

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174 points jbegley | 1 comments | 03 Apr 20 15:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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void445be54d48a ◴[03 Apr 20 16:46 UTC] No.22771233[source]▶
The amount of people trying to defend Amazon in this is absolutely staggering. The amount of people trying to protect what Amazon stands for is revolting. If you are one of these kinds of people you should know that you are the enemy of treating people humanely.
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AndrewUnmuted ◴[03 Apr 20 18:22 UTC] No.22772465[source]▶
> you are the enemy of treating people humanely

As opposed to, what - exactly? This is quite a forced dichotomy you are presenting here, and I really don't think it is helpful, nor informative. I would expect this kind of commentary on Twitter, but I would have had a higher standard for HN.

Twitter makes money off of lighting fires under its users' asses, as does much of the media today. What you are doing here is trying to protect what THESE companies stand for. I find that to be much more revolting than those who are defending Amazon.

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1. viklove ◴[03 Apr 20 19:16 UTC] No.22773014[source]▶
> As opposed to, what - exactly?

Putting profits over people. Which is what capitalism, and as a result, American corporations end up idealizing.

You really think Bezos gives a shit about some warehouse worker? Over generating more profit so he can be richer? I've got news for you bud.

> I really don't think it is helpful, nor informative

Only if you want to protect monied interests, or you're one of those temporarily embarrassed billionaires...