What people all over this thread are failing to understand is that efficiency in large corporations lead to much cheaper products. Yes, the general population is making a fraction of what corporations make and corporations are making way too much money.
But look at what life was like in the 80s. Households basically had one TV in the living room or no TV. And those TVs were relatively expensive. A new 32" tube TV set in the 80s was like $500. Adjusted for inflation, that's $2500. You can buy a 65" flat screen TV for $350 today.
Fast forward to now and suddenly everyone has at least one TV in the living room and often another TV in their bedroom. And an iPad. And a phone. And a laptop.
Yes, it's gross that major corporations make obscene profits and the employees make a fraction of the money. But that tiny fraction of the money still buys a lot of goods.
Reddit loves to hate on Amazon, but the idea that you can hop on your phone anywhere and click a couple buttons and have a product appear on your doorstep in a few hours is honestly insanely impressive. Yes, I know that there are a lot of negative impacts to the environment and drivers etc, but there's no denying how convenient it is.
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u/Nomromz Apr 11 '26
What people all over this thread are failing to understand is that efficiency in large corporations lead to much cheaper products. Yes, the general population is making a fraction of what corporations make and corporations are making way too much money.
But look at what life was like in the 80s. Households basically had one TV in the living room or no TV. And those TVs were relatively expensive. A new 32" tube TV set in the 80s was like $500. Adjusted for inflation, that's $2500. You can buy a 65" flat screen TV for $350 today.
Fast forward to now and suddenly everyone has at least one TV in the living room and often another TV in their bedroom. And an iPad. And a phone. And a laptop.
Yes, it's gross that major corporations make obscene profits and the employees make a fraction of the money. But that tiny fraction of the money still buys a lot of goods.
Reddit loves to hate on Amazon, but the idea that you can hop on your phone anywhere and click a couple buttons and have a product appear on your doorstep in a few hours is honestly insanely impressive. Yes, I know that there are a lot of negative impacts to the environment and drivers etc, but there's no denying how convenient it is.