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I'll give you that Bezos is mostly gone from Amazon.

However, Amazon does need to be in the USA, even if it's not their host country, because they're a retailer. They make their money by buying goods and selling them to the people who want them.

Remember when Amazon used to only have one warehouse in one state, and relied on being able to ship things to get around sales tax? That didn't last - and not just because the law caught up with the loophole. They wanted to do next-day or same-day shipping that basically required them to have a warehouse in every city, and thus pay sales tax everywhere.

Amazon moving out of the US would make them equivalent to Temu or Wish in terms of convenience, and their sales would crater. Not to mention Trump is closing off the loophole those companies used, too.




> However, Amazon does need to be in the USA, even if it's not their host country

What I was responding to:

> Of course, it turns out Amazon needs a host country to survive after all

(emphasis mine)




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