{"id":257801,"date":"2020-07-28T09:04:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T16:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=257801"},"modified":"2020-07-28T09:19:11","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T16:19:11","slug":"in-praise-of-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/28\/in-praise-of-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"In Praise of Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Whoever is anti Amazon and their labor practices and environmental stuff <em>yet<\/em> still has an Amazon prime membership or shops at Whole Foods is a virtue-signaling disingenuous person. I personally think Amazon is the shit. Why? It has made everything so much more accessible for me, someone who grew up poor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/28\/capitalism-is-cruel\/\">Capitalism is cruel <\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Whoever lives in a capitalistic society and likes their iPhone, laptop, WiFi and Netflix and yet is still anti capitalist is a fraud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Better to have a bad job than no job <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='500' height='281' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/wKsAQKVp?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1674852142'><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption>Huge Amazon Coffee for Home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/28\/brave-new-covid-world\/\">brave new covid world<\/a>, jobs are actually quite abundant. Lots of hiring jobs all over the place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='500' height='281' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/S7cuTaNW?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1674852142'><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption>LIVE ON! &#8211; Amazon Delivery Worker &#8211; Cubana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For myself, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d rather have a bad job than no job. And I have the experience of working under the table as a kid as a busboy at a busy sushi restaurant. This is where I learned my Spanish &#8230; shooting the shit with (under the table) Mexicans and other Latino dudes in the kitchen. This taught me all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Americans are entitled. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='500' height='281' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/zzfeBIXG?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1674852142'><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption>DON&#8217;T LIVE IN FEAR \/\/ Chatting with an Amazon Delivery Worker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fact &#8230; Americans are <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/25\/anti-entitlement-mentality\/\">entitled<\/a>. We are by far the richest and most prosperous country in the world. Living in Vietnam &#8230; even being a top banker you might only make $1000 USD a month. The average university grad from Vietnam (top school) will only make $500 USD a month working at a top tier bank. Compare this with us in the states&#8230; even when I made $40,000 out of college this was pretty cush. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. The more access, the better. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='500' height='281' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/RsTK1Vso?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1674852142'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cindy and I get all our spices on Amazon. And now all our coffee. Sooooo much cheaper than all the gangsters who used to charge an arm and a leg for basic spices. I also am a huuuuge proponent of Stop and Shop on the east coast, and <a href=\"http:\/\/Peapod.com\">Peapod<\/a>, their online delivery service. Because of low prices, I can <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/25\/meat-is-king\/\">eat meat like a king<\/a>, and NOT become some sort of emaciated <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/28\/why-havent-i-ever-met-a-happy-person-from-silicon-valley-or-tech\/\">Silicon Valley<\/a> person. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whoever is anti Amazon and their labor practices and environmental stuff yet still has an Amazon prime membership or shops at Whole Foods is a virtue-signaling disingenuous person. I personally think Amazon is the shit. Why? 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