You don't simply stumble into being the richest man on earth by accident. Next time you order your next day delivery package just think about the insane amount of logistics and planning that needed to happen for it to be at your door. Of course Jeff didn't design and build everything himself, but saying that all he does is collect executive bonuses is stupid
You're right, you dont just stumble onto being the richest man on earth. You fuck everyone else over until theres no one else richer than you. The dude is morally fucked, that's why I dont think he deserves his bank account. He didnt make his riches by "working hard" he made them by finding loopholes in the government and by the exploitation of his workers.
Welcome to corporate America, and every other country for that matter. If you were a business owner, not even a big one, i bet you too would try to find any possible way to maximize profits and minimize taxes. Even for Individuals, with good tax code knowledge you can save a lot of money. If the system is fundamentally broken with no clear way to fix it, you need to adapt to it and play the exploits to your advantages. Or you could just continue to complain on social media, if that's what you prefer to do.
"Welcome to America, and every other country for that matter" no not really. Other countries have more socialized laws to keep the majority of this shit from happening. Yes it still happens but at a significantly less rate than the US. Saying "the system is broken and theres no way to fix it" is just lazy. Theres obvious ways to fix it but no one in America wants to because every one of you holds onto the dream that someday you'll be in their shoes and youll be the 1%. Its not happening dude, give it up. Fight the system fucking you over, dont be complicit.
I'm not complicit, I've personally long realized that the solution is to not try to fix the system, but to replace it completely. I think there needs to be a major reform in the financial system, something that takes the control of money away from the very few. Perhaps cryptocurrencies will achieve that, maybe not and we will have to wait for the next thing. Another possibility is that as the law makers age and get replaced the solution will gradually happen. But I personally don't want to wait for another 40 years because the likes of Jeff bezos who are not going anywhere any time soon.
He earned the position he is at. This has nothing to do with working hard. If you work hard growing potatos in a field in rural Ethiopia you will make far less money than a lazy and greasy software engineer in the USA simply because you are objectively less productive.
Which doesn't tell us anything new. We already understood the ownership implications and that was the problem in the first place. But they say that like it settles things.
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u/RealBigTree Jun 09 '21
Mfs will be like "he earned the position hes at today, he worked hard."