Serious question… how would everyone here feel about an Amazon of non-profits? Right now all of these massive corporations essentially pay their employees as little as they can get away with in order to line their investors pockets.
I've been deliberating this for the past decade. With crowdfunding, we could make our own Amazon delivery, pay our lowest paid employees more than Amazon. Steal their sellers by not undercutting them with Amazon Basics. And instead of the money paying rich investors, it would go toward paying our employees more and putting profits towards growing or solving real world problems.
The most obvious hurdle is funding. It would take a substantial amount of money. But not all at once. Even with a few million, we could start competing and stealing their market share. If I made a GoFundMe, do you think people would donate? Would you share the link? Would you yourself donate? If you say yes, I will do it and I will go build it.