If you needed more proof Amazon is trying to take over the world, then their acquisition of the popular supermarket chain Whole Foods is a good sign. It’s also a sign that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ will extend his one-click tentacles into even more parts of our lives, a gut punch to your conscience when you realize that Amazon doesn’t exactly have a great track record when it comes to valuing its employees. Remember that your ability to get your favorite face wash shipped to your house in 24 hours as you sit in your underwear comes at the price of an underpaid, overworked employee competing for a private space in a huge warehouse to cry during the workday. Lee Camp shows how Bezos’ latest business move only deepens America’s thirst for consumerism while coming at the expense of human decency.
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