consumers have to have a job and an income in order for them to actually be consumers.
people who work for the wages amazon pays in fulfillment centers cannot afford to live in amazon's own home town, which has now become a massive homeless camp.
all of this "inefficiency" in the market, when eliminated, is not going to become money in consumers pockets. its going to become money in Amazons pockets, especially as Amazon becomes a bigger and bigger monopoly.
most people do not own any kind of stock, so the benefit to the stock market will not help them.
it also obliterates the tax base of every single town in the united states, rendering basic services like education and road maintenance completely un-funded -> this is essentially a lowering in the general standard of living for the entire country, for the theoretical fulfillment of a 19th century economics model where supposedly the pinnacle of human life is buying cheap products.
Seattle is so expensive most people in all works of life can't afford to live here, like police, firemen, teachers can barely afford it. I agree though that amazon fulfillment workers won't make enough to have a great life in many places, but most places are far more affordable than amazon.
Walmart was the company that first did the destruction of cities because it wiped out the downtown core of little towns with their big box on the corner. Now amazon is doing is again to broad swatches of countries.
people who work for the wages amazon pays in fulfillment centers cannot afford to live in amazon's own home town, which has now become a massive homeless camp.
all of this "inefficiency" in the market, when eliminated, is not going to become money in consumers pockets. its going to become money in Amazons pockets, especially as Amazon becomes a bigger and bigger monopoly.
most people do not own any kind of stock, so the benefit to the stock market will not help them.
it also obliterates the tax base of every single town in the united states, rendering basic services like education and road maintenance completely un-funded -> this is essentially a lowering in the general standard of living for the entire country, for the theoretical fulfillment of a 19th century economics model where supposedly the pinnacle of human life is buying cheap products.