Scottish GreensScottishGreens@mastodon.scot
Oct 15, 2026, 11:58 AMWe need to redistribute wealth away from billionaire corporations and put it back into the hands of our communities.
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kevin steinmetzlisp1984@mastodon.socialOct 16, 2026, 6:25 AM@ScottishGreens i am green party in philadelphia. i voted for jill stein.
LillyLyle/Count MelancholiaLillyHerself@mastodon.socialOct 16, 2026, 8:31 PM@ScottishGreens Get off Facebook, Insta and Whatsapp, and then people might take you seriously when you start talking about "X" and "Amazon".
GhostOnTheHalfShellGhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.aiOct 17, 2026, 12:40 AMI’d like to suggest that’s not the correct approach.
Referring to reporting by @pluralistic: Amazon takes a 50% cut of every thing sold by vendors on top of the payola they must fork over in order to win top search rankings. He has mentioned that page 2 products are often 25% or more less expensive than the top search results.
Amazon contractually for bids them from offering a lower price anywhere else
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- GhostOnTheHalfShellGhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.aiOct 17, 2026, 12:42 AM
I fear that taxing Amazon vendors only punishes people who are already over a barrel by Amazon.
Amazon also uses their AI bots to surveil vendors and catch Them if they “cheat” and offer a lower price than on Amazon.
How about dealing with Amazon as it is as a criminal extortionist enterprise and subject them to the law?
Surely there are laws on the books criminalizing this kind of business conduct
Simon Zerafasimonzerafa@infosec.exchangeOct 17, 2026, 12:35 PMJust make sure they pay taxes on their UK derived business income, rather than dodging it