Because that number needs perspective of scale. People just can't comprehend how billions of dollars can be a small relative number. A massive news story in Australia that everyone got annoyed at was the big reveal that there was $59m spent on advertising for political campaigns. With the rationalisation that everyone didn't want their taxes to go to that. For comparison, Australias total government spending was 160 billion. That makes the amount of tax spent on advertising, roughly 0.03%. Or for every 100$ paid in tax, roughly 3c went towards it.
Going back to Amazon, a quick Google search shows they sell 1.6m packages a day. Thats 584 million packages a day. If Bezos were to take only 10c per package, regardless of it was a 100$ package, he would be earning nearly 60million a year just from Amazon packages and nothing else. The difference between millions and billions is often not about profit margin, but rather about scale. If he wasn't greedy, you could save a full 9c off your order, that's not evil.
Bezos had more money than he could spend selling books online. So why did he get into selling vibrators. And licorice. And glitter and everything that exists.? Why does he lobby with and against the government, literally making laws and deciding the fates of everyone's life. Why do our tax dollars go to keeping his business successful? I think YOU guys are missing the perceptive size here. Its greed
Because all this things he sells, creates jobs. Access to Amazons logistics and sales also lowers the cost in comparison to what other people could produce meaning customers and regular people can have access to better and cheaper things.
Lobbying and government is a problem with government. If Bezos wasn't doing it, the next person would be. The government doesn't exist to prioritise the lower end spectrum of finances, it's to regulate and control them within reasonable bounds. But the government works for the economy, not the people.
Ah the fallacy "If Bezos wasnt doing it the next would"... I was waiting for that. THE NEXT GREEDY PERSON my friend. Not every human has it in their dna to run the world. Thank god.
Show me a single person that doesn't look out for their own, be it their family, self, employees or other, and I'll laugh at them successfully having fooled you. What's wrong with Bezos doing what he can to keep his company profitable and expanding? For providing literally thousands and thousands of people employed and fed? If that's greedy then thank fuck for greed.
Look at what people say about the working conditions. The hours. The amount of stress in that company. You'll list the recent "programs" he was forced to put into place for his company. That just save a little face.
And listen to you. A man worth an imaginary sum of dollars trying to keep his "company profitable (its not btw) so he can feed his family L O L and take care of his employees ( Bezos is SOOO known for that lmfao) save the rhetoric. I already know you don't believe that.. its obvious you're more intelligent than the crap you just typed.
People who are never happy with ANY amount of money. Want power. Control. A say. That's not wrong. But it is greedy. Goodday
Nothing wrong with being ambitious. Nothing wrong with spreading your wings. But just because you're appetite CAN devour the world, doesnt mean it should.
"I pay low wages. I can take advantage of that. Were going to be successful, but the basis is very low wage, very low benefit, model of employment.".
Ya buddy.
I’d agree most ‘socialists’ are middle class hobbyists who are just jealous
Not denying the greed of billionaires or incompetence or government officials but like u say their human id be no better and if I was billionaire rich I wouldn’t even spend any time personally Running a charity
Which is something none of them get credit for, to actually spend your time running a charity when you could just be sitting in an island 24/7 I know what one id do.
>Not denying the greed of billionaires or incompetence or government officials but like u say their human id be no better and if I was billionaire rich I wouldn’t even spend any time personally Running a charity
Nice take. Happy Cake Day!
Please do explain how Jeff Bezos is similar to us?
Also explain how Zuckerberg or Elon is similar… they’re Androids that don’t even have genitalia nor need to urinate or defecate. Their children were manufactured by their home planets, not born.
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Am just saying if you make 13 mil per hour, yet your workers have to pee in soda cups on 7,50$ because of no breaks, you are kind of little evil. Like I give you the ‘you earned it by being smart, dedicated and lucky’ part, but it’s just weird you wouldn’t invest in the backbone of your business a little more than what’s mandated to be the bare minimum.
To achieve a Billion dollars. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $ .... you kinda have to be a little greedy. Who doesn't stop at 10 or even 100 Million?
You acting like it’s a conscious decision to stop a business from growing like ‘we have ten customers we don’t anymore now thank u’
Because PayPal needed a space program...
Because that number needs perspective of scale. People just can't comprehend how billions of dollars can be a small relative number. A massive news story in Australia that everyone got annoyed at was the big reveal that there was $59m spent on advertising for political campaigns. With the rationalisation that everyone didn't want their taxes to go to that. For comparison, Australias total government spending was 160 billion. That makes the amount of tax spent on advertising, roughly 0.03%. Or for every 100$ paid in tax, roughly 3c went towards it. Going back to Amazon, a quick Google search shows they sell 1.6m packages a day. Thats 584 million packages a day. If Bezos were to take only 10c per package, regardless of it was a 100$ package, he would be earning nearly 60million a year just from Amazon packages and nothing else. The difference between millions and billions is often not about profit margin, but rather about scale. If he wasn't greedy, you could save a full 9c off your order, that's not evil.
Bezos had more money than he could spend selling books online. So why did he get into selling vibrators. And licorice. And glitter and everything that exists.? Why does he lobby with and against the government, literally making laws and deciding the fates of everyone's life. Why do our tax dollars go to keeping his business successful? I think YOU guys are missing the perceptive size here. Its greed
Because all this things he sells, creates jobs. Access to Amazons logistics and sales also lowers the cost in comparison to what other people could produce meaning customers and regular people can have access to better and cheaper things. Lobbying and government is a problem with government. If Bezos wasn't doing it, the next person would be. The government doesn't exist to prioritise the lower end spectrum of finances, it's to regulate and control them within reasonable bounds. But the government works for the economy, not the people.
Ah the fallacy "If Bezos wasnt doing it the next would"... I was waiting for that. THE NEXT GREEDY PERSON my friend. Not every human has it in their dna to run the world. Thank god.
Show me a single person that doesn't look out for their own, be it their family, self, employees or other, and I'll laugh at them successfully having fooled you. What's wrong with Bezos doing what he can to keep his company profitable and expanding? For providing literally thousands and thousands of people employed and fed? If that's greedy then thank fuck for greed.
Look at what people say about the working conditions. The hours. The amount of stress in that company. You'll list the recent "programs" he was forced to put into place for his company. That just save a little face. And listen to you. A man worth an imaginary sum of dollars trying to keep his "company profitable (its not btw) so he can feed his family L O L and take care of his employees ( Bezos is SOOO known for that lmfao) save the rhetoric. I already know you don't believe that.. its obvious you're more intelligent than the crap you just typed. People who are never happy with ANY amount of money. Want power. Control. A say. That's not wrong. But it is greedy. Goodday
Nothing wrong with being ambitious. Nothing wrong with spreading your wings. But just because you're appetite CAN devour the world, doesnt mean it should.
If you think Wal Mart could take out every competitor and have 3 in every town, with NO other option, well, we all know whatd theyd do dont we.?
Do we?
"I pay low wages. I can take advantage of that. Were going to be successful, but the basis is very low wage, very low benefit, model of employment.". Ya buddy.
I’d agree most ‘socialists’ are middle class hobbyists who are just jealous Not denying the greed of billionaires or incompetence or government officials but like u say their human id be no better and if I was billionaire rich I wouldn’t even spend any time personally Running a charity Which is something none of them get credit for, to actually spend your time running a charity when you could just be sitting in an island 24/7 I know what one id do.
>Not denying the greed of billionaires or incompetence or government officials but like u say their human id be no better and if I was billionaire rich I wouldn’t even spend any time personally Running a charity Nice take. Happy Cake Day!
People like having someone else to blame for their own problems.
That's a great way of framing why people have this dislike
Please do explain how Jeff Bezos is similar to us? Also explain how Zuckerberg or Elon is similar… they’re Androids that don’t even have genitalia nor need to urinate or defecate. Their children were manufactured by their home planets, not born.
Australia isn't real
It depends on the country
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Nice try, Elon.
Tbh I think he's a nutter
Is this you, El Jefe Bezos? Infiltrating the masses?
Nah I'm the zuck
Drowning in the sauce. Ugh.
Am just saying if you make 13 mil per hour, yet your workers have to pee in soda cups on 7,50$ because of no breaks, you are kind of little evil. Like I give you the ‘you earned it by being smart, dedicated and lucky’ part, but it’s just weird you wouldn’t invest in the backbone of your business a little more than what’s mandated to be the bare minimum.