Bottom feeders REJOICE!
Not really j/k but there is some logic to what they are saying ...
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Consumerism in the Automation Economy
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With a UBI, the state funds consumerism, and that robots are not taxed for the people?s benefit. By design or accident America?s decline is pointing to a permanent underclass whose only choice will be to become discount shopping natives. Actually, it?s already happend.
Walmart and Amazon monetize the dark truth about the death of the American middle class. ...
... The Age of Discount Prime Members
The average Amazon Prime member, now in the area of 90 million, used to have a family household income of $70,000 (2015), that won?t last forever. So the race to the bottom is not the price wars between Amazon and Walmart, it?s actually the race to owning the future American underclass. As department stores such as Sears and Macy?s are doomed, discount stores are rising to match the decline of the American Middle Class.
Amazon?s less-expensive Prime for low-income customers are attempting to change that. Dollar stores have proven that marketing to lower-income customers can be a profitable decision. Hey, are you destined to be a discount-prime member? Don?t feel defeated, you?re not alone.
But don?t fret, at least you?ll be taken care of.
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Much of this is a crock of shit ... It just ain't 1978 anymore ...
Maybe, in 10 years there will be an Amazon Elite service or another enterprise will capture the market lost in department store retailers ... For many of us, who are busy creating, shopping is more a chore that a adventure or social experience. That is what is going on IMHO.