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Sorry, who claims this? Sounds like you’re confused

Deranged statement here

> It's a natural consequence of capitalism. It's in every industry.

The link you posted doesn’t support this claim.

Americans generally hold SPY which makes them Amazon shareholders.

They can by choosing to not sell on Amazon.

It’s funny to me that people look at the wild runaway success of the American experiment and conclude that it needs more cronyism like every other country.

Please feel free to implement whatever unfavorable policies you like in your own nations. You are welcome to further drive down your GDP per capita if you’d like. That’s not what the US is though.

This is not even remotely a response to the question asked by the comment you’re replying to.

In what way is it monopolistic? Amazon has many competitors

None of this is a response to what I said.

Why would we help whichever side is larger?

The current status quo is a result of free association. If people prefer to have credit card debt or use rewards programs poorly then I have no issue with continuing in this manner.

I like rewards programs and disagree that it would be a win. Your suggestion puts me in an objectively worse position.

It’s actually negatively correlated with income lol. Rich people commit way fewer crimes

Just legalize building housing lol

I like Meta and Facebook and would like to support them.

Well inheritance isn’t taking from anyone, it’s a voluntary transaction

Yes, I’d prefer a regressive tax system.

Don’t worry, you won’t be getting any of that money. It’ll be going in entirety to the utility monster (bottom quintile)

So if we stopped sending money to Israel you’d stop talking about Israel and Gaza forever?

This idea that people only care about Israel because we support them with our tax dollars is such a joke

You don’t have to tell me twice!

Oh this is an easy one, because I care about Ukraine more than I care about a million other conflicts that may be happening in the world at the moment.

I think you’ll find that this is the case for everyone - people care about their 2 or 3 pet things and pay little attention to the distractions.

This comment doesn’t respond to anything and adds nothing helpful. I flagged it

To have the ability to ban Meta.

> Why meta is not fully banned in the EU is beyond me :)

It’s pretty simple - the EU is unable to produce alternatives. This is because they don’t have the software talent for it.

Any talent they do have immediately runs for the SF Bay Area of the United States at the first opportunity.

You want good alternatives to Meta’s products? Pay engineers a competitive salary.

And no, the lower cost of living doesn’t even remotely begin to make up for the difference in comp. Same with healthcare - it’s effectively free in the United States for people who have jobs, especially so for SWEs.

This is not a comment appropriate for this venue. I flagged it

> Skydiving isn't addictive

Skydiving is absolutely addictive. Adrenaline chasing is addictive behavior

> the risk falls on the participant

Same with gambling

> a skydiving company doesn't make more money from the customers it hurts

Yes they do.

It's shocking how you managed to construct the most flatly incorrect string of words ever

That's fine that my brain chemistry is different from that of other people, but I don't see why that should prevent me from using gambling apps.

Should we ban advertisement for skydiving and other such high risk behavior?

I don’t see why advertisement for gambling is any more offensive than advertisement for any other form of entertainment

Why would we do that? I’m perfectly capable of using a gambling app responsibly.

Let me guess - because some people are unable to consume this form of entertainment responsibly, we have to make it illegal for everyone?

Makes sense. While we’re at it let’s kick the war on drugs back into high gear, reinstate prohibition, and make other higher risk behavior illegal.