A few days before the Fourth of July, British comic John Oliver used the pulpit of his US infotainment show, Last Week Tonight, to deliver a lengthy monologue about the depredations of Amazon.com. His specific complaint was that Amazon doesn’t treat its employees very well. According to Oliver,

Chapo reading it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGTDJn6X-3s

One of the most frustrating you-are-a-serf things I've seen. An Amazon warehouse worker in his 60s recuperates class consciousness talking points into supporting Amazon, threatening himself with robots if he doesn't comply.

  • happybadger [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    The way Chapo frames it is that he envisions himself as his boss and argues from that perspective. The actions are all good things I look for in a workplace- camaraderie, diversity, safety regulations- but especially with automation it's like one of his ancestors bred with a golden retriever. He carries his own leash around in his mouth so his owner doesn't have to.