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Bezos is famous for being a micromanager to the extreme (and a very good one reportedly, if rather tyrannical). So there is no question about whether he has be
by blunte 7y ago
Bezos is famous for being a micromanager to the extreme (and a very good one reportedly, if rather tyrannical). So there is no question about whether he has been personally aware of this situation for years.
This follows a similar pattern (MS/Gates) where very unscrupulous business practices are employed until the company becomes a juggernaut and can do anything it wants, and the top executives become fabulously wealthy. Then one day, once the man is rich and successful enough that the thrill is gone, he switches to professional philanthropy. As time passes, _how_ he got to the top is forgotten and he is hailed a hero and American success.
- novaRom 7y agoIt's called "whitening". You can buy reputation and clean up the memories. I laugh each time I see those newborn philanthropists who built its wealth using others incompetence, literally by deception and fraudulent practices.
- chihuahua 7y agoWhat's funny about this article is that it's Bezos' own newspaper that's calling him out
- blunte 7y agoI just realized that also! I'm impressed at that... The author, Jay Greene, has written a number of articles that show Amazon not so favorably. This suggests some editorial freedom/neutrality at WaPo, which is positive.
- Ididntdothis 7y agoCarnegie did the same thing. First injure a lot of people in your factories and then suddenly become a noble philanthropist.