Amazon Sure is Convenient

What a world we live in. I can get something delivered from Amazon on the same day.

I ordered an item that’s composed of parts made by children laboring overseas in slave-like conditions. Then a company that squeezes every ounce of productivity from their employees sets off a network of pain and suffering that goes from their mistreated corporate staff to the people getting injured in the warehouse getting and packing the item, to the people getting injured delivering the package.

Our convenience is subsidized by the exploitation of the global working class. And yet we still do it. We still buy, buy, buy.

Wouldn’t it be nice if we could break the cycle? We could, you know. We could demand better treatment for these people. We could hold our money back until they make a change. But we won’t. Because we like getting our toys delivered the same day.

Does anyone know any alternative economic systems we could try out? I have some thoughts. . . .