Someone has initiated a weeklong boycott of Amazon (which includes Whole Foods.), starting today. I don't use Amazon anyway, but my husband buys eggs at Whole Foods, which seems to be using them as a "loss leader," a product they are selling at a loss to attract customers. I go with him and have bought an occasional sale item myself. I have told him to go alone this week, so I won't be tempted to buy anything.
I was interested to read some of the comments on "FaceBook" about the boycott of Amazon. One person wrote that their son worked for Amazon so they couldn't boycott it. A number of people agreed, saying they had relatives employed by Amazon. How sad that money is so powerful. My personal opinion is that they can boycott. Sadly, there is not a likelihood that someone will lose a job because of a weeklong boycott. And it is a statement of preference. We are saying we prefer not to have one massive source for every object we desire, and one extremely rich, powerful person making money off of us.
Bezos changed the editorial policy of the Washington Post last week to make the op eds only conservative. Now that he owns the paper, he can change its direction.
A friend who was inspired by my recent post on Amazon said she found that a short period of searching on the web quickly and easily found another source for the item.