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I just found out that during heatwaves, amazon workers began collapsing. Jeff bezos decided that getting air conditioning inside the warehouses was too expensive, so he took the cheaper option of parking ambulances outside instead.

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[–] Hohsia@hexbear.net 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Because it is something most Americans would excuse as a smart business decision if it materializes in better earnings next quarter. Had a meeting with some of these Americans in question today

I genuinely don’t think a lot of people are able to see past the line. If it turned out that he chose the A/C option, profits dipped and it started affecting the DOW, you’d get some sort of opinion piece from a ghoul criticizing the decision which the media would treat as gospel.

[–] jack@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Because it is something most Americans would excuse as a smart business decision

This is not remotely close to how most Americans think

[–] Hohsia@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

Maybe not most Americans, but anyone with investments