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I drink your milkshake! a metaphor for capitalism
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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 3327296" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p>[MEDIA=youtube]wJrGhfaiz9I[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>in this episode, chris hedges interviews a professor from columbia journalism who went undercover at UPS competitor amazon warehouse during peak</p><p></p><p>amazon preys on hiring old people. they work 10 hour days. they walk 13 miles a shift. it damages their bodies.</p><p></p><p>in some warehouses, the temperature reached 110 degrees and amazon was too greedy to turn on a/c or open the doors. ambulances would wait outside for when workers passed out. some of the workers died months after.</p><p></p><p>amazon gives out painkillers. it uses jedi mind tricks like positive psychology and customer service to maximize its greed.</p><p></p><p>the workers make at best $11,000 before they are laid off.</p><p></p><p><em>but dont worry; all of this is justified: the workers democratically voted for these conditions. its not like they were taking orders or anything.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p>jeff bezos is the richest man on earth. it has nothing to do with his workers being poor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 3327296, member: 56035"] [MEDIA=youtube]wJrGhfaiz9I[/MEDIA] in this episode, chris hedges interviews a professor from columbia journalism who went undercover at UPS competitor amazon warehouse during peak amazon preys on hiring old people. they work 10 hour days. they walk 13 miles a shift. it damages their bodies. in some warehouses, the temperature reached 110 degrees and amazon was too greedy to turn on a/c or open the doors. ambulances would wait outside for when workers passed out. some of the workers died months after. amazon gives out painkillers. it uses jedi mind tricks like positive psychology and customer service to maximize its greed. the workers make at best $11,000 before they are laid off. [I]but dont worry; all of this is justified: the workers democratically voted for these conditions. its not like they were taking orders or anything. [/I] jeff bezos is the richest man on earth. it has nothing to do with his workers being poor. [/QUOTE]
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