> Retailers complaining about how Amazon is creating a race-to-the-bottom with free shipping calls to mind horse vets complaining about how automobiles are eating into their lifestyles. It's sooooo unfair!
The horse vets found other employment.
The horses, by far and large, were butchered.
The question these days is - which of us are the vets, and which of us are the horses?
Well, most of the horses weren't necessarily eaten before their time - it's just that they weren't replaced, because the price of new horses went down quickly so horse breeders stopped raising so many foals. The working lifespan of a horse is at best 20 years.
The horse vets found other employment.
The horses, by far and large, were butchered.
The question these days is - which of us are the vets, and which of us are the horses?