#BreakUpAmazon – We're more than a little concerned about this merger

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2 pointsDeimorz7 comments

Why should anyone have the right to decide that someone else doesn't have the right to buy something with money they lawfully made from someone who is willing to sell it?

Because that's the entire basis of society. Amazon gets the benefits of existing in the US and it must give away some rights. You may want to research Standard Oil.

I don't think Amazon is a monopoly yet, but monopolies are bad for everyone except their shareholders, and Amazon shareholders aren't going to starve either way.

Amazon paid taxes for the benefit of existing in the US, or didn't it? That's what you call the "land of the free"?

Yup. Freedom isn't absolute, including freedom of speech. No freedom in the US includes a right to harm others. Monopolies are harmful.

I don't share your belief, but it's common to start splitting the company when it starts making problems - it's not illegal to be a monopoly, it's illegal to abuse it. So again, I don't see any problem with the merger, Amazon didn't abuse it at all.

If the US breaks up Amazon, who's left to challenge Alibaba? Does China pinky swear to break them up too?

If Alibaba were an Amazon competitor, the US wouldn't break up Amazon, would they?

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