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Good. All too often wealth = entitlement. It's good to see that money can't buy everything.

ASalazarMX 4y ago
Yeah, what a cunt! The people sure taught him a lesson. <Suddenly remembers Amazon accounted for 40% of all online shopping just in USA>
pawsforthought 4y ago
Agreed. Furthermore, I say billionaires need publicly shaming for such material extravagances. These superyachts are, quite frankly, an utterly irresponsible use of our shared and finite planetary resources.
mwint 4y ago
Let’s test that… say Bezos really wanted the bridge gone. If Bezos were to pay $100B, half to the government and half to your favorite charity, would you say that’s a good deal? 10B? 1B? Money doesn’t buy everything, but being too principled about that can harm causes you care about.
- Clent 4y ago
  What about a charity makes it magically better?
  - mwint 4y ago
    Government welfare funding, whatever. I’m only trying to illustrate that a billionaire throwing vast amounts of money at a nominally evil thing they want, can easily be offset by society redirecting that money to something “good”. It’s better to work with the billionaire and harvest their billions for good, than to say “no, you cannot do this thing, ever, for any compensation”
    - pawsforthought 4y ago
      The pragmatist in me says you make a good point. The idealist in me shrivels in disgust nevertheless.
DwnVoteHoneyPot 4y ago
I've dealt with large scale projects/equipment before. Most people don't realize that request like this are common. It's not entitlement, just social media and ignorance that added to the sensationalism (as the article pointed out). That's why the shipbuilder is "blindsided by the social unrest the plans caused". People sleeping in their cozy bed at 3am don't see massive equipment that rolls down main street, with traffic lights, power lines etc all moved out of the way. Google "Airbus A380 wing transportation"... actually here's a link: https://www.cnet.com/pictures/following-an-a380-through-rural-france/14/ https://www.cnet.com/pictures/following-an-a380-through-rura...
- DwnVoteHoneyPot 4y ago
  Here is another link: "In the Canadian capital, Ottawa, we removed the old Lees Avenue bridge and replaced it with a new 87.5-meter prefabricated bridge weighing over 2,000 tons. Through careful planning and with three months preparation time, the bridge replacement was completed in one, safe overnight operation" https://www.mammoet.com/heavy-transport/ https://www.mammoet.com/heavy-transport/
googlryas 4y ago
The shipyard should really stop saying they can build ships of a certain size then. And they should stop taking on projects that they can't actually deliver on.

Yeah, what a cunt! The people sure taught him a lesson. <Suddenly remembers Amazon accounted for 40% of all online shopping just in USA>

pawsforthought 4y ago

Agreed. Furthermore, I say billionaires need publicly shaming for such material extravagances. These superyachts are, quite frankly, an utterly irresponsible use of our shared and finite planetary resources.

mwint 4y ago

Let’s test that… say Bezos really wanted the bridge gone. If Bezos were to pay $100B, half to the government and half to your favorite charity, would you say that’s a good deal? 10B? 1B? Money doesn’t buy everything, but being too principled about that can harm causes you care about.

Clent 4y ago
What about a charity makes it magically better?
- mwint 4y ago
  Government welfare funding, whatever. I’m only trying to illustrate that a billionaire throwing vast amounts of money at a nominally evil thing they want, can easily be offset by society redirecting that money to something “good”. It’s better to work with the billionaire and harvest their billions for good, than to say “no, you cannot do this thing, ever, for any compensation”
  - pawsforthought 4y ago
    The pragmatist in me says you make a good point. The idealist in me shrivels in disgust nevertheless.

DwnVoteHoneyPot 4y ago

I've dealt with large scale projects/equipment before. Most people don't realize that request like this are common. It's not entitlement, just social media and ignorance that added to the sensationalism (as the article pointed out). That's why the shipbuilder is "blindsided by the social unrest the plans caused". People sleeping in their cozy bed at 3am don't see massive equipment that rolls down main street, with traffic lights, power lines etc all moved out of the way. Google "Airbus A380 wing transportation"... actually here's a link: https://www.cnet.com/pictures/following-an-a380-through-rural-france/14/ https://www.cnet.com/pictures/following-an-a380-through-rura...

DwnVoteHoneyPot 4y ago
Here is another link: "In the Canadian capital, Ottawa, we removed the old Lees Avenue bridge and replaced it with a new 87.5-meter prefabricated bridge weighing over 2,000 tons. Through careful planning and with three months preparation time, the bridge replacement was completed in one, safe overnight operation" https://www.mammoet.com/heavy-transport/ https://www.mammoet.com/heavy-transport/

googlryas 4y ago

The shipyard should really stop saying they can build ships of a certain size then. And they should stop taking on projects that they can't actually deliver on.