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Amazon, “Economic Terrorism” and the Destruction of Competition and Livelihoods
By Colin Todhunter Source: Off-Guardian Global corporations are colonising India’s retail space through e-commerce and destroying small-scale physical retail and millions of livelihoods. Walmart entered into India in 2016 with a US$3.3 billion take-over of the online retail start-up Jet.com. This … Continue reading
Posted in Consumerism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Technocracy
Tagged #WealthTaxNow, Amazon, Amazon.com, Business, Colin Todhunter, Corruption, economic inequality, Economics, financial crisis, India, JACAFRE, Jeff Bezos, Joint Action Committee against Foreign Retail and E-commerce, Monopolies, Narendra Modi, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Poverty, Technocracy, Walmart
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Freedom Rider: How the billionaires rule
Predatory capitalism has driven down wages and created a dystopia for workers. By Margaret Kimberley Source: Intrepid Report President Calvin Coolidge said, “The business of America is business.” The expression is memorable because it always rang true. But nearly 100 … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Oligarchy, Recession, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Amazon.com, culture, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, elites, financial crisis, General Strike, Jeff Bezos, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Poverty, rulng class, society, unemployment
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Jeff Bezos Embodies the Cruel Autocracy of Neoliberal Capitalism
Amazon CEO and richest-man-in-the-world Jeff Bezos wants you to work as much as he does—for one millionth of the pay By Branko Marcetic Source: In These Times “Is Jeff Bezos a horrible boss and is that good?” That was the question … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Environment, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technocracy, Work
Tagged Amazon.com, Autocracy, Blue Origin, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, environment, financial crisis, Jeff Bezos, Kshama Sawant, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, washington post, Work
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Multi-Billion Dollar Giveaway to Amazon
By Stephen Lendman Source: StephanLendman.org Seattle-based Amazon is like corporate predator Walmart, exploiting communities, along with harming local businesses and workers for maximum productivity and profits. The company’s $100 billion dollar CEO Jeff Bezos didn’t get super-rich by being worker … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Work
Tagged Amazon HQ2, Amazon Workers, Amazon.com, CIA, Corporate Welfare, corporatocracy, Crony Capitalism, Deep State, economic inequality, Economics, elites, financial crisis, Jeff Bezos, Oligarchs, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, predatory capitalism, Seattle, Sports, Worker Exploitation, Worker's Rights
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