That’s a good reason not to go to Whole Foods. Another is they’re owned by Amazon, which funds Trump’s ballroom and also powers the digital operations of ICE and CBP.
Not trying to dissuade people from hating on Amazon, but to say they run the operations for ICE, like yeah, they run a good chunk of the internet via AWS.
With respect… so? Amazon has (now indirect) contracts with ICE. They should end those contracts. If they don’t, they are complicit in the harm that ICE is doing.
That’s a good reason not to go to Whole Foods. Another is they’re owned by Amazon, which funds Trump’s ballroom and also powers the digital operations of ICE and CBP.
Not trying to dissuade people from hating on Amazon, but to say they run the operations for ICE, like yeah, they run a good chunk of the internet via AWS.
With respect… so? Amazon has (now indirect) contracts with ICE. They should end those contracts. If they don’t, they are complicit in the harm that ICE is doing.
More at: https://medium.com/@noazureforapartheid/microsoft-powers-ice-why-doesnt-microsoft-want-to-talk-about-its-contracts-with-immigration-and-bc04fae8d43b
Having not ever gone to a Whole Foods, or even being curious about it, I did not know of it’s owership. Now that is a good reason…
TIL.
It wasn’t originally an Amazon company, they got bought out many years ago.
Thank you!