Amazon drivers are no longer overworked since the pandemic subsided. They also expect to have 100% electric vehicles on the road within five years.
How do "we" change a gargantuan system that started over 200 years ago? Not by individually not shopping at certain stores, although it makes us feel better. When I saw the media, including li…
Amazon drivers are no longer overworked since the pandemic subsided. They also expect to have 100% electric vehicles on the road within five years.
How do "we" change a gargantuan system that started over 200 years ago? Not by individually not shopping at certain stores, although it makes us feel better. When I saw the media, including liberal outlets, pushing for increasing the flow of crude oil into our refineries because the price of gas went up last year, the hypocrisy was outrageous, but even liberal Substackers were all gung-ho. It seems that as a society, we are in favor of change only when we as individuals personally get something out of it.
I don't care what Robert Reich calls it. In all his time on earth, he has not been able to change anything. America loves capitalism, fears anything that smells like socialism. An entire political party wants Americans to die rather than have affordable health care and medication. We cannot remake our economic model. It just won't happen. But we can change the policies that hurt Americans, at least until a new Congress or president undoes everything and we have to start over again.
I am an older person who lives with another old person.
We both can drive but do most of our shopping on-line with Amazon. We use Instacart for most of our food needs and do pick that up.
Since the initial plague we have not had any covid or covid related or type of disease.
Since we have lost many neighbors and acquaintances there has been no lack of contagion in our area. I must insist with many factors of passing any infection, shopping in groups of people must create the conditions for contamination.
But I use the above to add a condition Amazon has introduced to my neighborhood. We live in a small city that has a non-white population less than2%. But the delivery people are predominately black or Asian. They are incredibly well trained very polite and generally look fit.
Back in the 1960’s many of us thought love and marriage with mixed grandchildren would pry open the iron gates of prejudice. Still possible. But the Amazon delivery people ensure people of color are part of the daily scenes of America. Another possible pry.
You have a lot of "stuff" going on in this comment and, if I may say, much too broad in some of it, though I don't disagree with what else.
I don't know about Amazon workers being overworked.. some of them offer evidence. If workers feel abused, they have a right to organize and fight.
The system as we know it now grew from 200 years ago. Regardless of when it started, it can and should change, as it has and will. All sentiments are not selfish. People are willing to sacrifice... especially once they understand the price ( not in money) they are paying in terms of the future they are sending their kids into.
Robert Reich is an educator, on the right side imo, and not to be disparaged. I have come to admire him more lately reading his substack. People need to understand economics and how it works for and against them. Change, the big change you are advocating is not fomented by one person so your comment is unfair. Nor will this big change happen at once unless you are talking about revolution-- which could go bad. Change happens in increments.. and I agree, not fast enough. But the hypocrisy you speak of can be mitigated by information and education.
Unfortunately, or fortunately we have this system, two parties in stronger than ever stark opposition.
...Marycat says - "But we can change the policies that hurt Americans, at least until a new Congress or president undoes everything and we have to start over again."
It's a battle and it cannot be done with the Congress we have now because of opposition in the Congress- for the sake of opposition! Biden has done what he could. A new Congress and/or president cannot undo everything either. Trump tried but could not, though he did a lot of political damage here and even abroad.
Superlatives.. Trump uses them a lot.... it's about anger.
Marycat- "There was a lot of news coverage until recently about Amazon delivery drivers being overburdened with too many deliveries. Perhaps you missed it."
I can't find this above comment that I received about Amazon driver news. You probably deleted it but I looked it up... nothing except from a couple of years ago. I assume they are working on the problem.. they have contractors, many drivers, a lot to iron out.
Sorry. I like RR. Our economic system will not be changed drastically… .not that i can see. Not in my lifetime. And to what? And not by a new Congress nor any one person which I thought you were suggesting above. Sorry if I misunderstood you.
Amazon drivers are no longer overworked since the pandemic subsided. They also expect to have 100% electric vehicles on the road within five years.
How do "we" change a gargantuan system that started over 200 years ago? Not by individually not shopping at certain stores, although it makes us feel better. When I saw the media, including liberal outlets, pushing for increasing the flow of crude oil into our refineries because the price of gas went up last year, the hypocrisy was outrageous, but even liberal Substackers were all gung-ho. It seems that as a society, we are in favor of change only when we as individuals personally get something out of it.
I don't care what Robert Reich calls it. In all his time on earth, he has not been able to change anything. America loves capitalism, fears anything that smells like socialism. An entire political party wants Americans to die rather than have affordable health care and medication. We cannot remake our economic model. It just won't happen. But we can change the policies that hurt Americans, at least until a new Congress or president undoes everything and we have to start over again.
I am an older person who lives with another old person.
We both can drive but do most of our shopping on-line with Amazon. We use Instacart for most of our food needs and do pick that up.
Since the initial plague we have not had any covid or covid related or type of disease.
Since we have lost many neighbors and acquaintances there has been no lack of contagion in our area. I must insist with many factors of passing any infection, shopping in groups of people must create the conditions for contamination.
But I use the above to add a condition Amazon has introduced to my neighborhood. We live in a small city that has a non-white population less than2%. But the delivery people are predominately black or Asian. They are incredibly well trained very polite and generally look fit.
Back in the 1960’s many of us thought love and marriage with mixed grandchildren would pry open the iron gates of prejudice. Still possible. But the Amazon delivery people ensure people of color are part of the daily scenes of America. Another possible pry.
bravo!
You have a lot of "stuff" going on in this comment and, if I may say, much too broad in some of it, though I don't disagree with what else.
I don't know about Amazon workers being overworked.. some of them offer evidence. If workers feel abused, they have a right to organize and fight.
The system as we know it now grew from 200 years ago. Regardless of when it started, it can and should change, as it has and will. All sentiments are not selfish. People are willing to sacrifice... especially once they understand the price ( not in money) they are paying in terms of the future they are sending their kids into.
Robert Reich is an educator, on the right side imo, and not to be disparaged. I have come to admire him more lately reading his substack. People need to understand economics and how it works for and against them. Change, the big change you are advocating is not fomented by one person so your comment is unfair. Nor will this big change happen at once unless you are talking about revolution-- which could go bad. Change happens in increments.. and I agree, not fast enough. But the hypocrisy you speak of can be mitigated by information and education.
Unfortunately, or fortunately we have this system, two parties in stronger than ever stark opposition.
...Marycat says - "But we can change the policies that hurt Americans, at least until a new Congress or president undoes everything and we have to start over again."
It's a battle and it cannot be done with the Congress we have now because of opposition in the Congress- for the sake of opposition! Biden has done what he could. A new Congress and/or president cannot undo everything either. Trump tried but could not, though he did a lot of political damage here and even abroad.
Superlatives.. Trump uses them a lot.... it's about anger.
I did not "disparage" Reich.
And you think a new Congress will save us from ourselves? For how long?
Who is going to change us from a runaway capitalist system? NOBODY, Potter.
Marycat- "There was a lot of news coverage until recently about Amazon delivery drivers being overburdened with too many deliveries. Perhaps you missed it."
I can't find this above comment that I received about Amazon driver news. You probably deleted it but I looked it up... nothing except from a couple of years ago. I assume they are working on the problem.. they have contractors, many drivers, a lot to iron out.
Sorry. I like RR. Our economic system will not be changed drastically… .not that i can see. Not in my lifetime. And to what? And not by a new Congress nor any one person which I thought you were suggesting above. Sorry if I misunderstood you.
“the hypocrisy was outrageous, but even liberal Substackers were all gung-ho.”
Always bear in mind that almost all liberals, conservatives, and moderates are NIMBY’s - not in my backyard.