Just something to think about next time you buy something from Amazon. I am as guilty as the next person. I looked and I bought 52 items from Amazon last year. That averages out to a purchase about every week. In my defense about half of that number were books or CDs. At one point I was buying used books from a company as a way to avoid Amazon only to find out the company was owned by Amazon. I did not look up the stats on Señora.
I have no problem with someone getting rich from a new idea or a better way of doing something, but IMHO there reaches a point where the wealth is unacceptably obscene. If for no other reason, it seems to twist the mind and attitude of these people. In a sane society we would have government policies in effect to prevent this mass accumulation of resources. As I have said ad nauseam, I have no problem with someone taking a second helping, if everyone has at least gotten a first. That simply does not happen in our society.
Amazon has become so big for many different reasons. I do not believe any of those reasons were illegal, but a few have pushed ethical boundaries. I initially started buying from Amazon as they avoided collecting sales taxes for many years, thus making their products cheaper than locally. As much as we all hate taxes, they are a necessary evil. And now Amazon has seemed to have become a conduit for cheap Chinese junk. Then there are the labor practices of Amazon…
Thanks for all those folks who refrained from pointing out my math error!!!! Now corrected.