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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/28/22 9:53 AM, Marcus Daniels
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        Glen writes:</div>
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        < <span style="caret-color:rgb(32, 31, 30);color:rgb(32, 31,
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          that Amazon sucks or anything ... Yay! A New Walmart to
          destroy small businesses! What will our billionaire overlords
          think up next? ></span></div>
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            14.666667px;">Someone will systematize the ordinary.  It
            happens to be Amazon.   If they have too much power, the
            government needs to break them up.</span></font></div>
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    <p><font color="#201f1e">Or a good socialist might prescribe
        nationalizing?  <br>
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    <p><font color="#201f1e">Amazon Essentials seems like the perfect
        candidate for that.   If USB cords and generic standardized
        batteries and flatware and cleaning products and, and, and ... 
        can be pre-cached in regional warehouses, and even in (Amazon)
        delivery vehicles and delivered to your doorstep in a day (or
        even an hour) then maybe this could/should be an entirely
        non-profit nationalized setup?   Or the business of a CoOp?   Or
        back to the corner/cash/momNpop store?<br>
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    <p><font color="#201f1e">I have an account and an old IRA with a
        local Credit Union and yet I keep running all my cashflow
        through my (formerly locally, now bought up by a national)
        bank.  Why can I speak so directly to such things and not act on
        them?   Is there anything more generic than modern financial
        services?  <br>
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    <p><font color="#201f1e"> I think I need a Starbucks Venti
        triple-shot full-caff Oatmilk Latte (with an umbrella on top) to
        take the edge off my self-disgust! <br>
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          face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Friam
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          <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 28, 2022 8:25 AM<br>
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            <div class="PlainText">It seems like the Ebook directly from
              Lulu is cheaper:<br>
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              Not that Amazon sucks or anything ... Yay! A New Walmart
              to destroy small businesses! What will our billionaire
              overlords think up next?<br>
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              On 9/27/22 19:02, Steve Smith wrote:<br>
              > I believe Jenny is still subscribed to this list but
              probably isn't following it closely so may not have seen
              any of this discussion.  I recommend her personal
              reflections on Alexander's work: Delight's Muse <<a
href="https://www.amazon.com/DelightS-Christopher-AlexanderS-Nature-Order/dp/143031317X"
                moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.amazon.com/DelightS-Christopher-AlexanderS-Nature-Order/dp/143031317X</a>>
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