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>The company had previously proposed providing USD$5,000,000 worth of Amazon products and services as compensation to the states, but this offer was not include

by cf498 7y ago

>The company had previously proposed providing USD$5,000,000 worth of Amazon products and services as compensation to the states, but this offer was not included in the latest proposal. Thats rather close to being comedic. 5m in Amazon gift cards.

ErikAugust 7y ago
"But this offer was not included in the latest proposal" is also brutal.
- henvic 7y ago
  As a Brazilian, I'm pretty happy with this. 1. Corrupt states haven't gained control over an important TLD. 2. Corrupt states aren't getting gift cards that would be used for making the lives of corrupt officials better. 3. Corrupt states trying to surf in Amazon.com's success lost.
  - JetSpiegel 7y ago
    Corrupt Corporate Executives won over Corrupt Governments. Should we celebrate this? The corrupt governments can lose elections, but Bezos is a tyrant for life.
    - henvic 7y ago
      Is this a joke? If you disagree with Amazon (that is doing nothing corrupt in this matter) just stop using it and you're good. Good luck getting rid of your corrupt government, if you live in the middle of the forest. Bezos is no tyrant. He is where he is because he satisfied people who willingly made his company a lot of money. You can vote to put Bezos out of business by stopping to use his services. Good luck voting once every four years to get rid of corrupt government officials. Good luck believing elections aren't arranged (especially if you live in the middle of the jungle in a highly violent place). Let's stop drinking the Kool-Aid... shall we?
      - JetSpiegel 7y ago
        > You can vote to put Bezos out of business by stopping to use his services. He already has more money than almost anyone else, it's not like he needs my scraps. As the stock classes shenanigans show, it's easier to overthrow a government that to remove a rogue CEO with preferred voting stocks.

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>The company had previously proposed providing USD$5,000,000 worth of Amazon products and services as compensation to the states, but this offer was not include

by cf498 7y ago

ErikAugust 7y ago
"But this offer was not included in the latest proposal" is also brutal.
- henvic 7y ago
  As a Brazilian, I'm pretty happy with this. 1. Corrupt states haven't gained control over an important TLD. 2. Corrupt states aren't getting gift cards that would be used for making the lives of corrupt officials better. 3. Corrupt states trying to surf in Amazon.com's success lost.
  - JetSpiegel 7y ago
    Corrupt Corporate Executives won over Corrupt Governments. Should we celebrate this? The corrupt governments can lose elections, but Bezos is a tyrant for life.
    - henvic 7y ago
      Is this a joke? If you disagree with Amazon (that is doing nothing corrupt in this matter) just stop using it and you're good. Good luck getting rid of your corrupt government, if you live in the middle of the forest. Bezos is no tyrant. He is where he is because he satisfied people who willingly made his company a lot of money. You can vote to put Bezos out of business by stopping to use his services. Good luck voting once every four years to get rid of corrupt government officials. Good luck believing elections aren't arranged (especially if you live in the middle of the jungle in a highly violent place). Let's stop drinking the Kool-Aid... shall we?
      - JetSpiegel 7y ago
        > You can vote to put Bezos out of business by stopping to use his services. He already has more money than almost anyone else, it's not like he needs my scraps. As the stock classes shenanigans show, it's easier to overthrow a government that to remove a rogue CEO with preferred voting stocks.