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    I ordinarily don't get into whataboutism crap, but I'm thrilled with the blowback that Bezos is getting. Twitter has been lighting him up this morning, but this was the breaking point for me:

    Bezos says he thanks every "Amazon employee and every Amazon customer because you guys paid for all of this"

    https://twitter.com/geoffrbennet…

    This is how people speak when they’re out of touch with reality. The Amazon workers begging for livable wages and better working conditions, and the Americans who would love to see the richest of the rich pay their fair share of taxes might have something to say of how they “paid for all of this.” What a deluded creature Bezos is.

    I now wonder if Bezos' $100 million given to both Van Jones and Chef Jose Andres was pre-planned, or a reaction to that blowback.

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    • He also donated $200M to the Smithsonian after or the same day as Branson's space flightgrafician
    • https://edition.cnn.…grafician
    • That's good to know. But seriously, is he making those donations because he realizes the perceived absurdity of his pursuits?mg33
    • Again, I try hard not to be the whataboistist guy because I rip on people all the time for that exact reason...mg33
    • so I hope Bezos' donating this money means it ends up doing something to benefit as many people as possible, notmg33
    • some here and some there if they're lucky enough to have exposure to it.mg33
    • Amazon has supply chain and rapid delivery down to a science - what could they do with quality food delivery to schools?mg33
    • Personally, I'm more impressed by someone aiming to use their wealth to help as many people as possible with the resources they have, thanmg33
    • I am by a guy going to space for a few minutes and not even getting to float around unstrapped from his seat.mg33
    • Ofc the donations were just PR lolgrafician
    • Also no, Amazon is not the only good retailer. Our local "Amazon" is EMAG which has even same day delivery and other stuff. Probably others in other countries.grafician
    • I know they're not the only good one. I'd just like to imagine a Bezos character as hellbent on doing world-changing stuff that impacts as many people asmg33
    • People saying "Amazon is the best" are people who never experienced anything else maybe lol
      Bezos is also like majority of white tech billionaires cringe af      grafician
    • possible as he is about going to space for a couple minutes. Not to downplay space... but I think you get what I mean.mg33
    • Former Microsoft's Ballmer is another case in point and so ongrafician
    • The world needs it's icons and heroes and all that, but shit's pretty dire these days and we could far more easily rally around things that benefit a wide swathmg33
    • humanity.mg33
    • Sure, if you need a hero go for Elon, then NASA or whatever. But no, not cringe billionaires like Bezos.grafician
    • Yep, totally agree. Elon's doing amazing stuff irrespective of vain space "tourism."mg33
    • fun fact: Romania was one of the few countries in Europe to have a real astronaut Dumitru Prunariu https://en.wikipedia…grafician
    • Now, Graf, if you want to use Amazon to buy the best fiction ever written about an eccentric billionaire and how he spends his money, go buy this:mg33
    • Our Dumitru spent a week in space. He is one of our nation's heroes, humble and nice guy, then I guess yes, having someone like that helps for space inspirationgrafician
    • https://www.amazon.c…mg33
    • Also if you really wanted to experience zero g, you can do it much cheaper lol
      https://6abc.com/zer…      grafician
    • Damn what's with the downvotes?!grafician
    • @mg33 About Elon, pretty sure whenever he is asked about SpaceX new ventures, he always mentions "our team does this, our team does that" while...grafician
    • ...while everything about Blue Horizon launch had Bezos name all over it, everything was a PR stunt lolgrafician
    • Also thanks for the book mention man, but no, never used Amazon and never will hahagrafician
    • Go buy that book somewhere else then. It's my favorite. The movie has Ringo Starr and Peter Sellars, but read the book first.mg33
    • Ringo from that crappy band The Beatles?! Nah

      But Peter is class, thanks!      grafician
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