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Originally Posted by rubecube
Maybe I'm crazy, but I don't see how advocating for better working rights is going to alienate minorities. Do you think minorities are going to side with Amazon over the Democrats if the Democrats are trying to improve conditions? It's not like Amazon has a great public image at this point. People know what/who they are.
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Only if they there is a perception and it would lead to job loss. Is that fear real? We've discussed the minimum wage argument here, does raising it reduce jobs? Also, we know minorities do the jobs white people won't. So economically, does raising wages and working conditions suddenly make it appealing for white workers again? If you have a white person against a minority for a job, does the white person always win? How diverse is Amazon really? Or do temporary working visas become harder to obtain because there would no longer be a shortage of crappy jobs? I think you and I would agree that this fear is exaggerated.
So you've got a lot of factors here on the Democratic side. You've got the greedy side who just want to keep the status quo because money is rolling in and screw the workers, they're lucky to even have jobs. And you've got those who want better conditions but what if it leads to a changing landscape detrimental to minorities?