He didn't donate it, Amazon did. Amazon is a trillion dollar company.
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Jeff Bezos, richest man in the world, criticized for Amazon donating only $690,000 to help Australia
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He didn't donate it, Amazon did. Amazon is a trillion dollar company.
To be fair most people who donate to charity could probably afford to give more than they currently do and not have their quality of life affected. That includes most people in this thread. Sure he could have donated more but Id feel like a hypocrite criticising him for that when I know that I could donate more.
Sure, he probably signed off on it, though. It is his company, after all.
Are Amazon as a wider business assisting through other means?
I only ask because I presume they could do some nifty stuff with the AWS tech
I only ask because I presume they could do some nifty stuff with the AWS tech
5 minutes of effort is 5 minutes of effort. None of us have contributed to climate change or dodged taxes quite like amazon and Bezos though.
thats the post you replied to that started this
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Go lick some boots someplace else
69 cents
I mean sure you we can play the comparison olympics and say 'well if we lower the number and compare his total worth vs. dollar per hour he did nothing', but that's a fools game.
69 cents
How much did you donate, again?
I mean sure you we can play the comparison olympics and say 'well if we lower the number and compare his total worth vs. dollar per hour he did nothing', but that's a fools game.
69 cents
How much did you donate, again?
It's ok I can pretend to be a mega liberal who demands the blood of the rich too
But fact of the matter is, 690k dollars is more than any of you hypocrites have donated. 690k dollars.
Come back when you've donated more. Then maybe I'll take your criticisms seriously.
Money is money and the money he donates will do leagues better than the $5 you have donated(presumably)
As a liberal, we have to take the victories where we can. Demanding more is a fools game, especially in todays climate.
He's done more overall harm to this world and the people living in it than this entire thread combined though lmao
Why do liberals/moderates/centrists point out how they support regulations on financial industries and progressive taxation, point out how colonialism/imperialism/slavery has extracted value out of others and the like and then when it comes to talking about individuals suddenly the ultra wealthy can do whatever they want with "their money" and percentages cease to exist.
He's done no less than all the governments of the world combined.
Sure we can crucify every billionaire we run into, but the reality is that the harm that the world has faced, was done in spite of those billionaires.
Do you disagree? Or are you blind to history?
The latter.
Because when these individuals become billionaires themselves they don't want everyone going after them
I'm blind to history because I don't think we should be ruled by an elite class of ultra wealthy people lmao.
So now we're measuring Bezos' atrocities against entire governments? Yet you're still bragging about his donation amount when compared to individuals?
When did I ever boot lick shitty actions governments have taken?
You're free to say "The elite ruined the world also the 690 k he donated is equivalent to 29 cents"
I'm free to say "And yet he has done less than the worlds governments combined"
At this point you're free to say "Actually bezos is the reason why the world is in ruins"
And I'm free to reply "Actually you're wrong"
Because it is. You're the one who's saying 'Actually bezos donated an equivalent of 29 cents'. Not me. He donated 690k. You can ignore that. You can donate more and prove me wrong! But you won't, and you can't.
They could have money.
First they came for the billionaires lmao
What the hell? Is this a new meme? Why do you just copy what others have just written?
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no it's people in denial that their pain Olympics comparisons are just that.
what's wrong meme dog, cat got your tongue?
I can't because I haven't become insanely lucky with the world lottery and ignored my moral compass the entire way.
Do you realize how many factors go into people becoming billionaires?
Bezos is not the reason the world is in ruins. "Government" is not the reason the world is in ruins. I'm not sure why you think this is some liberal v conservative:government v individual debate. I'm not denying that world governments have contributed some pretty gross and awful things to the world?
Bezos didn't ruin the world but he sure has contributed pretty negatively to it through all of the terrible things he's done. But more than that, all of the things he's NOT doing with more wealth than we could ever imagine.
I'm confused here. I'm not saying governments are infallible. You seem to be unable to criticize a billionaire at all though, even beyond this donation you don't seem to have any issues or insight as to how he acquired that much wealth in the first place.
Counting other people's money, telling them how they should spend it, drawing a subjective moral line... Yep, this is an Era thread.
Where does the line stop? Should he donate to every single cause then? Or just the one's that are trending on Twitter?
Give me a break. I bet most people complaining didn't even donate.
Where does the line stop? Should he donate to every single cause then? Or just the one's that are trending on Twitter?
Give me a break. I bet most people complaining didn't even donate.
i love it when ERA liberals go mask off
christ, just get outta the way already
"And you can't"
Yes, the issue is that the average person cannot donate as much as Jeff Bezos. Thanks for keeping up. There is also nobody who could donate more than Jeff Bezos, but he decides to hoard his money like a dragon
cat? no
the stench of shit in this area is too overpowering
im contemplating how this came to be
but alas, im still stuck thinking
Sure Im the one blocking world peace
Or whatever it is you want. Theres realists, and then theres those who live in fantasy. I count myself in the former
Why do you consider not allowing multi billionaires to exist to be a fantasy land leftist daydream?
It's a long shot yes but something that's still theoretically possible through policy. Hell two of the candidates for US president have both said it!
Also how did we get to world peace lol
You should be upset that he didnt donate the ERA prerequisite.
Because the world we live in allows for billionaires?
Am I supposed to disregard reality?
Is it really a "mask off" moment when you reveal you don't have radical or revolutionary political beliefs lol
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man if you people lose it this hard from some mild criticism i can't wait to see what happens when the guillotines come out
Hi guys,
Upon looking back at my comments, I would like to apologize to you all. They weren't needed and frankly weren't relevant to the convo.
Please forgive me.
Lmao at the people defending those poor poor billionaires heading up trillion dollar companies being lambasted when people rightfully point out their charitable contributions equate to an average joe throwing one cent at some homeless guy. Like if LOTR was written today people would be like Smaug isn't a bad guy, he deserves his hoard, he's worked hard for it, instead of complaining about it what have you done to become a firebreathing dragon sitting atop a pile of gold huh?
I mean he probably could donate to every single cause because that's just how rich he is 🤷♀️
I dunno if you know but advocating for the death of people is against the rules. That includes advocating for the guillotine. How barbaric of you
Do you say this for every single societal problem or just extreme wealth inequality
Nah just the politics you subscribe to. There's money and the technology to dramatically slow down climate change.
But instead you clap for a companies PR stunt whilst they continue to plunder the planet for fossil fuels.
Disagreeing with leftists isn't "mask off" moment. The world is filled with people who don't see eye to eye with you on everything, including other leftists.
If you have to ask your competition to take themselves out of the equation to win you've already lost.
This thread covered that, the guillotines are a fantasy.
You're confusing conservatives with liberals, it's really bizarre.
Sure there is but you don't know how to ask them politically relevant to combat climate change. That's billion dollar question nobody has found the solution to.
Or are they simply addressing the very real difficult obstacles which make the progress we want happen?
Again, why do you say this wrt to billionaires but not any other societal problem?
There is.
Unfortunately there isnt some magic missile to force the rich to donate all their money. I mean there is, but violence is frowned upon
..so here we are.
Because this thread is about a billionaire and not some strawmen societal problems?