EDIT: The money is being donated on behalf of Amazon, not his personal donation, but given that the source of the news is his personal Instagram, the optics are blurred.
As the replies to that tweet show, Twitter is not happy.
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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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EDIT: The money is being donated on behalf of Amazon, not his personal donation, but given that the source of the news is his personal Instagram, the optics are blurred.
As the replies to that tweet show, Twitter is not happy.
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The fact that a single woman raised and gave more money with a nude then a company that makes billions and probably pays zero tax in australia to boot just sums up capitalism.
Company should be ashamed of themselves honestly.
Company should be ashamed of themselves honestly.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this isn't even his personal money. It's Amazon's money, right?
Still, I can't look a gift horse in the mouth. This is better than nothing.
Still, I can't look a gift horse in the mouth. This is better than nothing.
This type of argument makes no sense, he can afford to donate more of his salary than most people of the world, hell i would say most people of the world can't afford to donate 1 cent
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That's technically correct, but given that the source of the news is his personal Instagram, the optics aren't great.
Well to be fair most people arent the richest person on the planet.
Probably about a billion if Twitter is any indication.
For all those complaining about how much he donated, why dont you look to all the thousand upon thousand of millionaires that HAVENT donated. At least he's doing something.
nope, it's the equivalent of an every day joe throwing 25 or 50 CENTS to help
CENTS
PENNIES
COPPER BISCUITS
ROUNDY ROOS
PENCE
SLIPPY SHILLINGS
LINCOLN METAL PORTRAITS
He donated 0.000006% of his salary.
A person making $60k a year donating $10 is 0.0001% of their salary.
So yeah..."good for him."
starting to think this may be one reason people donate anonymously.
maybe Bezos did it publicly to inspire other rich people.
It is not him who is donating but Amazon.
Donating is always a good thing, especially given the situation in Australia.
Donating is always a good thing, especially given the situation in Australia.
Capitalism has a measurement problem.
On one-side, too-high salaries, golden parachutes, and over-valued shares.
And on the other, forced measurement of subjective decisions (maybe some people should take an epistemology class, or two?)
Anyway, he could donate more and aid with rebuilding homes and replanting trees / reintroducing species, but why should he specifically do that, given a donation that appeared on social media which looked too small relative to his income?
The problem is the extreme greed and highly skewed income distribution in most developed countries, not just him.
Those complaining can't see the forest for the trees.
I believe that new economic systems, regulations and technologies are the answer.
At least, a world with negative interest rates and no consequences for long-term quantitative easing (which indiscriminately devalues the currency of all citizens in a country), while having 'austerity', makes no sense to me.
On one-side, too-high salaries, golden parachutes, and over-valued shares.
And on the other, forced measurement of subjective decisions (maybe some people should take an epistemology class, or two?)
Anyway, he could donate more and aid with rebuilding homes and replanting trees / reintroducing species, but why should he specifically do that, given a donation that appeared on social media which looked too small relative to his income?
The problem is the extreme greed and highly skewed income distribution in most developed countries, not just him.
Those complaining can't see the forest for the trees.
Just saying that I am not defending him.
I believe that new economic systems, regulations and technologies are the answer.
At least, a world with negative interest rates and no consequences for long-term quantitative easing (which indiscriminately devalues the currency of all citizens in a country), while having 'austerity', makes no sense to me.
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I'm sure he gets a bit of a say if his company donates over half a million.
More people on earth donated zero than donated 25 - 50 cents where is the outrage?
I guess I'm not surprised they exist, but I sure am disappointed.
More proportionally than one of his workers forced to piss in a bottle would be nice.
If I donated the same percentage as what he did, I would be giving 6 cents of my annual income.
Of course but he's not the only one to have a say. The title suggests that he is giving that money personnally which is wrong.
I mean I shouldn't be, but somehow I still am. I thought we'd be at least on page 2 before it happens.
Most people on Earth don't have more money than they could spend in 100 lifetimes. Most people on Earth don't have the luxury of being able to give money away.
Everyone defending him should watch the Patriot Act episode "Why Billionaires Won't Save Us."
Is it a nice gesture from Bezos? Sure. But when you really think about how goddamn much money 1 billion dollars is, let alone the 110 billion he's worth, you see how hollow his actions really are
Is it a nice gesture from Bezos? Sure. But when you really think about how goddamn much money 1 billion dollars is, let alone the 110 billion he's worth, you see how hollow his actions really are
If you donated money, I... don't think he did.
Either way, it's something he didn't have to do, so in that sense, it's a commendable thing. Any amount of money is valuable to the cause, and 690,000 is nothing to sneeze at, even if it is to Bezos.
The larger problem at play is that we shouldn't have to rely on the amused pity and empathy of billionaires to bail us out of disasters and no single person should ever be in a situation where giving away 690k is equivalent to flicking a dollar into a candy machine for the rest of us. It's all fucked up that we rely on the potential for good PR of celebrities and business people in times of need instead of strong and well-funded emergency systems in place that a democratically elected government oversees.
I wasn't aware the majority of us were the richest person on Earth.
News to me.
Lmao @ billionnaire defense force.
Get off your high fucking horses. Dude is an asshole, but he donated (or his company did) a shit load more than most rich people. So what if it a tiny ass percentage of his salary.
It's like non-voters complaining about who won. Shit is sad.
Get off your high fucking horses. Dude is an asshole, but he donated (or his company did) a shit load more than most rich people. So what if it a tiny ass percentage of his salary.
It's like non-voters complaining about who won. Shit is sad.
Most people on earth are not submerged in money so vast and incomprehensible that they could blow 90% and still live like a rockstar every week until they die.
Are you fucking stupid. Genuine question.
