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Sorry, but you're way over-optimistic if you think the 1% has the kind of intelligence (and I'm not talking pure IQ) and focus Bezos has. Bezos is more like 0.0

by ovi256 15y ago

Sorry, but you're way over-optimistic if you think the 1% has the kind of intelligence (and I'm not talking pure IQ) and focus Bezos has. Bezos is more like 0.01%. And I'd venture to say that the OWS movement wouldn't have much against Bezos. They're more against fratboys that rose to prominence and wealth through connections. And finance. Yeah, definitely finance. It's there that they sense some kind of unwarranted self-worth and wealth.

bigbird 15y ago
Bezos started out on "Wall St", working at D.E. Shaw in NYC.
- kalleboo 15y ago
  And then he left.
- kanwisher 15y ago
  D.E Shaw was starting Internet startups in the early 90s, Bezos pitched them Amazon and they did Netzero instead so he headed west
- gaius 15y ago
  DE Shaw isn't exactly white-shoe.
wnight 15y ago
I dunno. The whole one-click patent thing. Abuse of government privilege to derive a monopoly. Sure, he/they are just one of many, but if you don't hate the players the game continues. There are many people in many positions who have a free ride because they got some doddering politician to introduce their legislation without thinking past the immediate benefits. This isn't how good laws are made and any business, lobbyist, or lawmaker even tangentially related to this stuff is a valid target.