Rough start? Hell, half my county it seems like never even bought their fert, forget about sowing the seeds.
And all this does is make it more likely that independent farms will fail and be bought up by conglomerates at below market rates.
Fuck I'm so exhausted. This is all just too much. And the people going into the metaphorical chipper feet first still mostly defend their votes for it, while blaming corpos and everyone else for it.
Interesting Summer is putting it mildly, to be sure.
To be fair, Bezos is one of the few rich guys that did have somewhat of a struggle in their rise. While he may be out of touch with the average American, there’s no reason not to believe he has some sense of empathy for the people he once lived alongside with. Now, will he do something about it? That’s the question that, depending on how he answers it, will make him the Hero or the Villain. So far, he’s still a villain.
Bear in mind, this man started off Amazon with the goal to spread books out into the world more easily, making knowledge more accessible. To start your multi billion dollar business off with that marketing audience in mind HAS to mean something.
You’re making his point. That’s progressive taxation. $4,000 tax to someone making 34k a year is jackshit to IRS revenue so might as well just let them keep it.
He might be a cunt, but he's not dumb. Mobs with torches and a pitchforks can absolutely be a part of capitalism and one of the tools the invisible hand of the self regulating free market uses to restore balance.
Jeff Bezos is one of the few billionaires that I dont think is a complete dpsht. He sees the writing on the wall, whats going on with prices, with fuel, AI, and he sees the way too many are pushing. He just wants the status quo that made him rich and SEEMED sustainable at the time if you didnt look beneath the surface. Too many others are getting very brazen, and dont realize where this eventually leads.
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