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I too like money

yabadabadoes 7y ago
If you had enough money for all of your offspring to live a comfortable life you would still work with the single organization most likely to end all life or make all life uncomfortable? That is a bit more than liking money.
- jki275 7y ago
  Except the Pentagon doesn't actually do that. Vast amounts of what they do is focused on preventing war.
  - AndrewBissell 7y ago
    I'm sure those are the parts Amazon will be limiting itself to in its Pentagon contracts.
  - yabadabadoes 7y ago
    Except the Pentagon doesn't actually do that. Vast amounts of what they do is in fact destroying the world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_usage_of_the_United_States_military https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_usage_of_the_United_Sta... What you focus on and what you achieve are not inherently related. AFA focus, the US military is actually focused on putting as much power as possible in the hands of its commander in chief for US interests. It is not allowed to determine those interests. If Bezos wants to express the ideology behind his life choices then I think that is great. If he doesn't then he should be upfront about that. Acting like everyone can be rational and driven by incremental money is a pointless conversation.
    - jki275 7y ago
      Destroying the world because they use energy? Come on now, be serious. The US military is actually focused on deterring aggression. We spend more time doing humanitarian work than anything else.
      - yabadabadoes 7y ago
        > Destroying the world because they use energy Yes, and participating in blocking the Kyoto accord. You can feel as good as you want that you save a few people after displacing millions and covering countries in spent Uranium.. Then your grandchildren will die from ecological mismanagement and/or water shortages.. The military writes its own studies on these facts of climate change, it just ignores it's giant size role in bringing them about.
        jki275 7y ago
        You are badly confused on what we do.

I too like money

If you had enough money for all of your offspring to live a comfortable life you would still work with the single organization most likely to end all life or make all life uncomfortable? That is a bit more than liking money.

jki275 7y ago
Except the Pentagon doesn't actually do that. Vast amounts of what they do is focused on preventing war.
- AndrewBissell 7y ago
  I'm sure those are the parts Amazon will be limiting itself to in its Pentagon contracts.
- yabadabadoes 7y ago
  Except the Pentagon doesn't actually do that. Vast amounts of what they do is in fact destroying the world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_usage_of_the_United_States_military https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_usage_of_the_United_Sta... What you focus on and what you achieve are not inherently related. AFA focus, the US military is actually focused on putting as much power as possible in the hands of its commander in chief for US interests. It is not allowed to determine those interests. If Bezos wants to express the ideology behind his life choices then I think that is great. If he doesn't then he should be upfront about that. Acting like everyone can be rational and driven by incremental money is a pointless conversation.
  - jki275 7y ago
    Destroying the world because they use energy? Come on now, be serious. The US military is actually focused on deterring aggression. We spend more time doing humanitarian work than anything else.
    - yabadabadoes 7y ago
      > Destroying the world because they use energy Yes, and participating in blocking the Kyoto accord. You can feel as good as you want that you save a few people after displacing millions and covering countries in spent Uranium.. Then your grandchildren will die from ecological mismanagement and/or water shortages.. The military writes its own studies on these facts of climate change, it just ignores it's giant size role in bringing them about.
      - jki275 7y ago
        You are badly confused on what we do.