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Amazon has chickenized the reverse-centaurs

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@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ Amazon is the root of abuses of privacy, freedom, human rights, civil liberties,
1. Amazon was [caught][personalizedpricing] using *personalized pricing* (charged different prices to different people for DVDs) 1. Amazon was [caught][personalizedpricing] using *personalized pricing* (charged different prices to different people for DVDs)
1. Amazon is notorious for **fighting unions** and **mistreating employees** despite its wealth and growth. 1. Amazon is notorious for **fighting unions** and **mistreating employees** despite its wealth and growth.
1. Amazon runs an extreme sweatshop that diminishes quality of life. The consequential mental health crisis is [evidenced][callsTo911] by 189 calls from Amazon warehouses to 911 in five years. 1. Amazon runs an extreme sweatshop that diminishes quality of life. The consequential mental health crisis is [evidenced][callsTo911] by 189 calls from Amazon warehouses to 911 in five years.
1. Amazon has [chickenized reverse-centaurs][chickenization].
1. Amazon uses automation that [increases injury rates][roboinjury].
1. Amazon [enabled covid19-infected workers][covid] to work, which caused several outbreaks in warehouses, then Amazon retaliated against whistle blowers.
1. Amazon coerced a city to [alter traffic light timing][trafficManipulation] so union organizers couldn't use a red traffic light to reach workers.
1. Amazon was [fined][tiptheft] $61.7 million for keeping drivers' tips.
1. Amazon drug tests its employees, thus intruding on their privacy outside the workplace and also harming their healthcare. 1. Amazon drug tests its employees, thus intruding on their privacy outside the workplace and also harming their healthcare.
1. [oppressive and callous attitude][oppression] toward staff. 1. [oppressive and callous attitude][oppression] toward staff.
1. [55-hour work weeks][work55hrs] 1. [55-hour work weeks][work55hrs]
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[callsTo911]: <https://gizmodo.com/report-amazon-warehouses-called-911-for-mental-health-1833220938> [callsTo911]: <https://gizmodo.com/report-amazon-warehouses-called-911-for-mental-health-1833220938>
[callsTo911-cache]: <https://web.archive.org/web/20210115073502/gizmodo.com/report-amazon-warehouses-called-911-for-mental-health-1833220938> [callsTo911-cache]: <https://web.archive.org/web/20210115073502/gizmodo.com/report-amazon-warehouses-called-911-for-mental-health-1833220938>
[chickenization]: https://pluralistic.net/2021/03/19/the-shakedown/#weird-flex
[chickenization-cache]: https://web.archive.org/web/20210319201637/https://pluralistic.net/2021/03/19/the-shakedown/#weird-flex
[tiptheft]: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/02/amazon-ftc-pay-flex-drivers-stolen-tips.html
[tiptheft-cache]: https://web.archive.org/web/20210315082128/slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/02/amazon-ftc-pay-flex-drivers-stolen-tips.html
[roboinjury]: https://www.ft.com/content/087fce16-3924-4348-8390-235b435c53b2
[roboinjury-cache]: https://web.archive.org/web/20210309144309/www.ft.com/content/087fce16-3924-4348-8390-235b435c53b2
[covid]: https://pluralistic.net/2020/04/03/socially-useless-parasite/#christian-smalls
[covid-cache]:https://web.archive.org/web/20210308142716/https://pluralistic.net/2020/04/03/socially-useless-parasite
[trafficManipulation]: https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/17/22287191/amazon-alabama-warehouse-union-traffic-light-change-bessemer
[trafficManipulation-cache]: https://web.archive.org/web/20210312181909/www.theverge.com/2021/2/17/22287191/amazon-alabama-warehouse-union-traffic-light-change-bessemer
[oppression]: <https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/amazon-devastating-expose-accuses-internet-retailer-of-oppressive-and-callous-attitude-to-staff-10458159.html> [oppression]: <https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/amazon-devastating-expose-accuses-internet-retailer-of-oppressive-and-callous-attitude-to-staff-10458159.html>
[oppression-cache]: <https://web.archive.org/web/20201111174127/www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/amazon-devastating-expose-accuses-internet-retailer-oppressive-and-callous-attitude-staff-10458159.html> [oppression-cache]: <https://web.archive.org/web/20201111174127/www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/amazon-devastating-expose-accuses-internet-retailer-oppressive-and-callous-attitude-staff-10458159.html>