Re: Bezos politics

[Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>]

see "I was a warehouse wage slave":

http://www.democracynow.org/2013/8/7/i_was_a_warehouse_wage_slave

On Wed, 7 Aug 2013, Robert wrote:

 > To: Brian <http://www.cs..edu/~b>
 > 
 >  > From: Brian <http://www.cs..edu/~b>
 >  > Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 07:56:21 -0700
 >  >
 >  > I remember you telling me not to shop at Amazon because of some
 >  > right wing thing they supported.  This article seems to suggest
 >  > Bezos is a moderate.  What did they miss?  Tnx.
 > 
 > I don't remember any specific right wing thing that Amazon's owner
 > supported.
 > 
 > I do know that they end up closing most independent book shops/stores.
 > See http://www.thenation.com/article/37484/trouble-amazon , for example.
 > 
 > But, maybe, at this rate, this would've happened regardless of whether it
 > was Amazon per se or somebody else.  I still try to buy books through my
 > local bookstores, just to support 'em.
 > 
 > Amazon own the "one-click" patent, which is pretty silly.  A few years
 > ago, Amazon removed Orwell's "1984" from people's kindles.
 > 
 > There are also a list of some reasons on
 > http://www.housmans.com/boycottamazon.php
 > 
 >  > 
 >  > http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/08/07/the-politics-of-jeff-bezos/?print=1
 >  > 
 > 
 > Well, many people (including Noelle and most of my family) still buy stuff
 > from Amazon.  I, however, do not.