Slippery Slide To Third World Status

@JimboSaturn He is also using another tactic called the wedge issue. This wedge is between Trump and Nazis vrs the rest of Republicans. Not sure this will work for him. He's losing.

@JimboSaturn He's creating a false narrative, to support his explosive press conference. statues == history is not always true.

Yes very Orwellian. Fake history! @Northwest

@Northwest I wasn't answering your question, I was supporting your point about Trump being wrong about Amazon.
Since you apparently don't want me agreeing with you in any sort of way, next time I see you post something I agree with I won't post anything, since that at seems to be what you want.

@Niburu You can play coy all day long, but when you start your interactions with me, by calling me obtuse, insisting on it, acting like you have some super power, specifically, the power to read my mind, and then follow that up in another post, by offering a vague response, that starts out with a reminder that the WaPo is biased, then you're asking me to read your mind. I don't have that kind of super power.

But then, you continue with the mind reading and passive aggressive behavior by saying "Since you apparently don't want me agreeing with you in any sort of way.....since that at seems to be what you want."

Post, don't post. It's really up to you.

@Northwest nope

@JimboSaturn So, the response from the Toronto's political establishment was to make changes to the structure of the political system in response to one incompetent individual? Are the limitations of the mayor's powers permanent (i.e. they will affect the successors as well)?
What interests me here is the way established systems adapt to temporary disruptive forces.

I think they worked within the established system and no changes are made to his succesors but I could be wrong. I don't think America should change it's structure (it's a good system in my opinion). I just think any of his ideas will never pass through the legislature now. @har7070

You can't really do to much to an elected president because you would be undermining democracy. @har7070

@Picklebobble2 It's in my backyard, and quite a few friends and former colleagues work there. It's no worse than any of the other Seattle tech companies.

That said, I would agree that it could be an awful workplace. It's still better than Trump's coal mines, and the job comes with golden handcuffs, called stock options. Employees can walk away, and get another job, without having to move, but they stay (hint: the money).

It's even awful to get to work, unless you live in one of the residential towers, surrounding the company (more than 90% Amazon employees occupancy). The views are great, plenty of restaurants, a Tesla dealership at the floor level, and you're surrounded with lakes, like across the street.

I avoid the area between the hours of 6AM and 9PM, because it can take 45 minutes to cover a few blocks. But, when I have to do there, I know some side roads that even Wayz is not aware of :-)

But I digress, because this is not what the topic is :-)

I was going to post an article i read a few years ago, then did a bit of research on youtube and found dozens of scathing videos on the work culture....it's all there.

@Picklebobble2 You can if you want to, but I gave the 100,000 feet level summary in my earlier post. Yes, for some, it's an awful place to work. There's got to be a reason why it takes months to book a decent therapy appointment in Seattle.

Amazon is a zero, just like tesla...
It's just a matter of time.

@SW-User Tesla perhaps, but Amazon is not only about merchandising. Some of the data I've seen, suggests that 70% of the global Internet traffic goes through Amazon's cloud. If you don't know what AWS is, look it up. Also, look up Alexa.

@SW-User Amazon has done very well lately

@eli1601 Any theories then, on why it seems EXACTLY like something a third rate dictator, in a third world country would do?

@Northwest It doesn't