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Abishek_Muthian on Sept 10, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Amazon Elasticsearch Service Is Now Amazon OpenSea...

> You call them out for the individual wrongs like those listed on the Wikipedia page. Vote with your wallet. Debate and discuss.

It's been happening at least since 2001, Starting with layoffs and now it has to come to -

> Forcing employees to pee in bottles is pretty bad.

> No company survives forever.

I agree, 'East India company' just survived for 273 years and people who ever affected by it are still suffering several generations later.

unityByFreedom on Sept 10, 2021 [–]

The East India Company was rightly criticized for holding trade monopolies that were later abolished. It's fair to consider whether a company the size of Amazon also has some monopolies and to ask the FTC to investigate or act.

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