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    Quote Originally Posted by Flash View Post
    That does not give much of a choice to those who want to consume their products or services.
    Does Amazon produce anything? I mean do they even have original programming on their digital service at least?

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    It is pretty fun to see how lefties cannot answer the opening post. Trying to get an answer to the opening post from a lefty is like trying to force a cat into a toilet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Evmetro View Post
    I often hear lefties referring to big corporations as evil. Would you like to see the top 1% of all corporations disappear?
    No. But I wouldn’t mind seeing more competition.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Heff View Post
    No. But I wouldn’t mind seeing more competition.
    Congrats! You're the first lefty to be able to answer the question!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kacper View Post
    Does Amazon produce anything? I mean do they even have original programming on their digital service at least?
    Yes, they do have original programming. They also produce Kindles, Firesticks, and other products. But many businesses do not produce anything but just sell products produced by others. Amazon provides a services to millions of consumers. Let the people decide what corporations they want to patronize.

    Do you want somebody to decide what corporations should exist?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Evmetro View Post
    It looks like there is something blocking your answer to "How would you feel if they just magically disappeared altogether?". It is obviously a hypothetical situation, but something is stopping you from answering the question. What are you afraid of?
    ^And the babble continues

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flash View Post
    Yes, they do have original programming. They also produce Kindles, Firesticks, and other products. But many businesses do not produce anything but just sell products produced by others. Amazon provides a services to millions of consumers. Let the people decide what corporations they want to patronize.

    Do you want somebody to decide what corporations should exist?
    Yes.

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    For years, I have heard lefties badmouthing big corporations as evil. I have also seen how much lefties hate the top 1%, so it is interesting to see how this has evolved. No lefties so far have expressed that they would enjoy the hypothetical situation I presented in the opening post, so I suspect that the left has evolved to a position of liking big corporations, especially the top 1% of them. Maybe the Democrats should push support of the the biggest corporations in their upcoming campaigns?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kacper View Post
    Yes.
    Not much on liberty, are you?

    If you want to see some good Amazon original programming watch "The Man in the High Castle."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flash View Post
    Not much on liberty, are you?

    If you want to see some good Amazon original programming watch "The Man in the High Castle."
    I do not subscribe nor am I a prime member. I am for some liberty. The whole libertarian Let The Market Decide nonsense is nonsense. People shouldn't be able to sell stinger missiles. The government already decides who can or cannot do business. I would probably go to prison for life if I decided to open up my $199.99 brain surgery clinic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kacper View Post
    I do not subscribe nor am I a prime member. I am for some liberty. The whole libertarian Let The Market Decide nonsense is nonsense. People shouldn't be able to sell stinger missiles. The government already decides who can or cannot do business. I would probably go to prison for life if I decided to open up my $199.99 brain surgery clinic.
    I'm not so sure in this current environment.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Evmetro View Post
    It is pretty fun to see how lefties cannot answer the opening post. Trying to get an answer to the opening post from a lefty is like trying to force a cat into a toilet.
    We used to understand concentrated wealth and power, monopolization, was detrimental to society at large, now we celebrate it. Jeff Bezos owns Amazon, has ambulances sitting outside distribution centers because it cuts less into his profit margin than installing air conditioning. Buys up the WashPo. Enters into a deal with the CIA worth 3 times what he paid for the paper. Sits on the board of the Pentagon. Hires an ex CIA operative to write for the paper pushing more war.

    Yeah whatever, no problem is there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fentoine Lum View Post
    We used to understand concentrated wealth and power, monopolization, was detrimental to society at large, now we celebrate it. Jeff Bezos owns Amazon, has ambulances sitting outside distribution centers because it cuts less into his profit margin than installing air conditioning. Buys up the WashPo. Enters into a deal with the CIA worth 3 times what he paid for the paper. Sits on the board of the Pentagon. Hires an ex CIA operative to write for the paper pushing more war.

    Yeah whatever, no problem is there.
    Look at what you just quoted of me, then look at how exactly your post answers the opening post.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kacper View Post
    I do not subscribe nor am I a prime member. I am for some liberty. The whole libertarian Let The Market Decide nonsense is nonsense. People shouldn't be able to sell stinger missiles. The government already decides who can or cannot do business. I would probably go to prison for life if I decided to open up my $199.99 brain surgery clinic.
    Stinger missiles and brain surgery by unlicensed doctors are very different from Amazon, Google, or other businesses that provide useful services to millions of consumers. By removing them you are destroying one of the values of the market by decreasing competition and giving government the power to decide what corporations get to operate--a dangerous precedent.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flash View Post
    Stinger missiles and brain surgery by unlicensed doctors are very different from Amazon, Google, or other businesses that provide useful services to millions of consumers. By removing them you are destroying one of the values of the market by decreasing competition and giving government the power to decide what corporations get to operate--a dangerous precedent.
    I don't care about the value of stocks I don't own and there is no different precedent in saying no whore houses than in saying no Amazon. It is all a reflection of societal values and the government has always been the gate keeper.

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