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numbsafari • today at 11:47 AM • 5 replies • view on HN

Try having a discussion with anyone here in the US about not using Amazon. The free market is a myth.


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quacked • today at 12:28 PM

I'm in the US and I gave up Amazon two years ago, and I haven't noticed any decrease in my quality of life.

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dbvn • today at 2:06 PM

The free market is a myth because the market players aren't acting how you think they should?

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bix6 • today at 12:12 PM

I’ll bite, what’s the reasonable alternative to Amazon?

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inanutshellus • today at 12:07 PM

Isn't "free market capitalism" is doing its job here, rewarding the best player of the game into brand-godhood?

More to the point - is it not government oversight that appears incapable of leveling the playing field for others?

That said - the only "others" we seem capable of getting is other governments' Amazons. So. Devil you know?

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tosapple • today at 12:08 PM

the free market has been a myth since they scheduled marijuana.

god gave us all plants to use.

they will fear monger rather than publish medical reasoning.