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Why the hate for Jeff Bezos? Compare your life relatively to his. PERCENTAGE RATIO wise, you probably did as much bad as he has. Assume you did 10% really bad

Why the hate for Jeff Bezos? Compare your life relatively to his. PERCENTAGE RATIO wise, you probably did as much bad as he has. Assume you did 10% really bad things in your life. And Jeff did also 10% bad things. But the other 90% wow!!! (And your life too!!!) Millions of jobs overall. Thousands of jobs directly and indirectly to build, furnish, secure and staff that yacht. Countless kids of those families. The ability for you to order anything and have it delivered to almost any part of the world in a few days. Families taken out of poverty. Jobs for those who don't have them. Amazon AWS that touches the internet for almost everyone worldwide. Those Dutch citizens should swallow those rotten eggs. (Loved and visit The Netherlands, don't get it twisted). Whatever, I'll definitely lose karma for this one. Don't care.

the-dude 5y ago
Bezos has the ability to screw people by the thousands. I don't.
- rosndo 5y ago
  Just park your car on a busy highway during a rush hour :) Anyone can screw others at a massive scale, luckily people mostly don’t.
  - the-dude 5y ago
    I don't own a car. Now what?
    - ithkuil 5y ago
      This thread talks about the "ability" to do harm. You don't need to own a car in order to park a car in the middle of a highway. You can rent one for instance.
      - the-dude 5y ago
        What if I don't have a drivers license or the money? I mean, if the whole arsenal is parking a car and causing a traffic jam, it ain't much.
        ithkuil 5y ago
        What I meant is just that you don't need to be a billionaire to cause harm. Sure, you can find an example of somebody who has absolutely zero money, and cannot physically do no harm to anybody (e.g. because locked up in a prison or something), but that's besides the point.
        rosndo 5y ago
        You could just dump a bicycle on the freeway, or a rental scooter. The options are endless!
- jacquesm 5y ago
  Not only does he have the ability, he actually uses that ability.
marto1 5y ago
> Millions of jobs overall. And how many of these did he steal out of people's previous places of employment ? E.g. small retail shops, book stores, etc. Also there is quite a stark difference between employment and meaningful employment. I wouldn't consider being a tiny part of someone's megalomanic daydream a fulfilling place to be.

the-dude 5y ago

Bezos has the ability to screw people by the thousands. I don't.

rosndo 5y ago
Just park your car on a busy highway during a rush hour :) Anyone can screw others at a massive scale, luckily people mostly don’t.
- the-dude 5y ago
  I don't own a car. Now what?
  - ithkuil 5y ago
    This thread talks about the "ability" to do harm. You don't need to own a car in order to park a car in the middle of a highway. You can rent one for instance.
    - the-dude 5y ago
      What if I don't have a drivers license or the money? I mean, if the whole arsenal is parking a car and causing a traffic jam, it ain't much.
      - ithkuil 5y ago
        What I meant is just that you don't need to be a billionaire to cause harm. Sure, you can find an example of somebody who has absolutely zero money, and cannot physically do no harm to anybody (e.g. because locked up in a prison or something), but that's besides the point.
      - rosndo 5y ago
        You could just dump a bicycle on the freeway, or a rental scooter. The options are endless!
jacquesm 5y ago
Not only does he have the ability, he actually uses that ability.

marto1 5y ago

> Millions of jobs overall. And how many of these did he steal out of people's previous places of employment ? E.g. small retail shops, book stores, etc. Also there is quite a stark difference between employment and meaningful employment. I wouldn't consider being a tiny part of someone's megalomanic daydream a fulfilling place to be.