• SCB@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The average person is the reason Amazon exists, so… That’s still on the average person.

    This is what people miss in this false dichotomy. Businesses only exist because demand exists. Countries need to start passing unpopular things like Carbon Taxes to seal the deal against climate change by hitting consumer demand and raising prices

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      1 year ago

      Oddly enough, without changing buying habits or consumer demand, I think the Amazon truck is a superior option.

      • Instead of thousands of individual trips to the store for small things, a single vehicle delivers everything
      • Instead of many hyper-local stores packed with things that may or may not eventually be sold, only things that have been purchased are shipped and transported

      The trick, as you said, is to change consumer behavior and people balk at doing that, especially when it will cost more and income inequality hits harder than ever. Tax the rich, level the playing field, and the rest gets much easier.

      • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Instead of many hyper-local stores packed with things that may or may not eventually be sold, only things that have been purchased are shipped and transported

        Yeah but Amazon mixes up its inventory so cheap copies are right next to genuine stuff.

    • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Be real mate. Thats not how it works.

      Suppliers create the demand.

      People werent demanding smartphones before smartphones got invented.

      Most new things are shunned by most people until they slowly gain popularity and then the demand starts to exist.

      You are stating the hypothesis of capitalism whilst ignoring the conclusion.

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        1 year ago

        Suppliers do not create demand lol

        Some of us were adults in 08 when lack of demand crippled the world