Ok so this is going to be long and I don't do TL:DR so either read this or shut the fuck up.
On Monday I got a typed flyer in my mailbox from my mailman that has been with USPS for 25 years. He explained that today was his last day of employment with the post office because of how Amazon is going to be handled.
A while back there was a bid put in to have Amazon prime shipments delivered on Sundays. Well that sounds great you say right? Always more to the story and that is what this is about.
Well when my postman started it was agreed he didn't work on Sundays which for him was great as he is religious....like super religious and such. Which to me is fine dude never pushed that on anyone or at least me. Dude is the Need Flanders of post office in PA.
The postmaster over him said he was going to be written up each time he failed to show on Sunday. Well he tried to explain his position and to me it is valid and been that way since I have known him at least.
Doesn't matter to them and for that he attempted to give his two weeks. Well his postmaster said then you will be here this Sunday or you are terminated......well obviously he won't be so today is his last day.
This is a growing problem of America and consumerism going forward people. Small ripples now will become big waves in the future I promise. We have already lost many family owned businesses here were I live and the hardware store will soon go.
Don't believe how places like Amazon are fucking the world? Go into a GameStop and look around. It doesn't have many games in it. Looks like a hottopic took a shit in there with all the garbage that isn't games litters the floor.
Maybe I am just being that old man with a cane and reading more into shit than I should, but I don't feel I really am with this.
My question for you is with you save that little bit of time to buy from Amazon and drive that knife deeper into the community you live in, or will you get out of your house and at the very least try to find it within your local area and perhaps keep that money working for you?
I know that it is impossible to boycott the USPS as it is a fixture of America.....I can limit my interactions with them and I assure you I will find the alternative way as often as I can, but Amazon?
Never again. Just never and I canceled my memebership to them and will not be renewing it.
Honestly, it's not totally Amazon's fault, it's people that will choose the cheapest option regardless of impact. Instead of spending an extra couple of bucks to support local goods, we just buy on Amazon because it's cheaper and/or we can do it in our PJs without leaving home.
It's actually similar to blaming politicians for the state of our countries. Yes, they are definitely doing their part, but it really only succeeds because the average citizen/consumer allows it to succeed--whether it's through complacency, laziness, greed, fear, or complicitness (I don't think that's a real word, but you get the gist).
I feel the ultimate goal of globalism (or corporatism) is the defeat of community (and the traditional family unit). When people no longer feel a connection to their community, they cease to care about supporting it, and then it erodes. It's also probably one of the reasons "country-folk" are consistently demonized--they still have that community connection in many places, and that stands as a barrier to the goal of both globalism in politics and big business.