His employees are free to seek a better paid employment if a jerk they work for underpays them. What's up with this nonstop handout mindset lately?
So, people have options to stop being poor, people have options to not have to pee in a bottle at work, but they chose to do it, why?
Poverty removes many options, lack of good education removes many options, abusive corporations keep options far away. The system is the problem, people is just living in a system manipulated for the benefit of others.
It's not a handout, it's asking for growth to be shared fairly. It's about taking care of our fellow humans. It's about creating a society that works for everyone and not just the few.
Just because a few weird individuals chose to do this doesn't mean you have to do it. It's a folk tale used as a rallying cry against Amazon. It has as much meaning as Googlers earning $300K/year choosing to live in vans parked outside the office. Some people make questionable decisions. It doesn't speak at all to any sort of environmental problems.
Stop with the feel good euphemisms!
Which SPECIFIC policies do you want? Full blown communism? Single payer health care? Universal Basic Income?
Every ACTUAL policy has costs, trade offs and drawbacks. Put actual dollar amounts on the table, and a rational discussion can take place.
Just handwaving about a society where everyone someway somehow gets everything they need to happy, healthy, fulfilled, and self-actualized accomplishes nothing.
You'd have to be an absolute doormat to accept poverty in exchange for your full-time labor. "Get a different job" isn't the solution here, because there is clearly a massive demand for jobs at Amazon, and those jobs should pay people fairly for the work that they do.
Please don't jump into conversations and chastise people for no reason, especially when you're incorrect.
I'll pass on continuing this conversation, thanks.