Jeff Bezos will soon become the world's first trillionaire!

[KirillMazur]

Jeff Bezos, who earned a lot of money during quarantine, is prophesied to become the world's first trillionaire!

This is such great news, especially against the background of the fact that recently many citizens have faced unemployment, deprivation and even become natural victims of capitalism, having died from a virus that was born and bred with the direct participation of the "invisible hand" of the market.

Of course, the hired employees of the Amazon company, which is owned by Bezos, were also greatly benefited by both an invisible hand and Bezos himself - firstly, they received a salary increase of two dollars per hour for working in a pandemic; secondly, they had the honor of becoming heroes, because they risked their health - while some of them became infected and even died. In general, as always - per one billionaire the world will now have even more people without pants and losers.

In social networks, this news was perceived ambiguously: the majority, of course, are indignant, but there were those who believe that a citizen deserved such capital for his ... labor. The labor is company ownership, obviously. And, of course, in the skillful exploitation of hired lads.

One discussion touched on the fact that Bezos earned several hundred billion, since he obviously works several hundred billion times harder than everyone else. Thus, such an argument should comfort us and help us accept, as an axiom, that we all deserve to live from a penny to a penny.

By the way, that bonus for working in difficult conditions will be canceled from the beginning of next month, instead, employees will be given a commemorative T-shirt with the inscription “thank you!” - as employees may accidentally choke on these two dollars. I wonder what if Bezos will choke on a trillion?

1.theweek.com/articles/914563/three-cheers-worlds-first-trillionaire

2.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/03/21/amazon-gives-warehouse-workers-temporary-covid-19-overtime-pay-raise/2891603001/

3.cnbc.com/2020/05/06/amazon-worker-in-illinois-dies-of-coronavirus.html

4.businessinsider.com/amazon-warehouse-workers-thank-you-t-shirts-as-it-cuts-their-hazard-pay-2020-5

[KirillMazur]

Aren't you ready to sacrifice your worthless life for such an exciting event as the appearance of the first trillionaire?

[Red Pill]

I'm not a Marxist, but no private individual, or private institution/corporation, should have that kind of financial assets. As of 2017 there were only 16 countries with a nominal GDP of at least 1 trillion $, and less than 30 with at least 500 billion.

[Westbrook]

Nobody's being forced to work for him or buy his products. Fuck off with this smarmy, passive-aggressive commie bullshit at a time like this.

[pulstar]

So Endless Space 2 based Horatio on Jeff Bezos indeed. I thought its just coincidence:

[Red Pill]

Nobody's being forced to work for him or buy his products. Fuck off with this smarmy, passive-aggressive commie bullshit at a time like this.

I think you miss the point. When these people have access to such economic assets they can influence and even control economy and politics at national level (or even international, because they can affect several countries and their societies). That makes the concept of democracy virtually void. It's like these people had each the power of millions votes, and not because they are the 'the best people', like in the aristocratic ideal, but solely because of their capital. It's plutocracy at its finest. This has nothing to do with being a commie, as fascism, nationalism, and other ideologies are also opponents of plutocracy (at least in theory).

[KirillMazur]

Nobody's being forced to work for him or buy his products. Fuck off with this smarmy, passive-aggressive commie bullshit at a time like this.

Imperialism on the march - because of ongoing coronacrisis only bezosos will survive. There will no other options.
Today's situation successfully brings to the surface all the contradictions. Defenders of various bezoses should be strained, because pittance from the master's table will be scarcer.
You have Stockholm syndrome, comrade - it often develops among those who themselves do not give up hope of becoming at least the most long unsold "sir" and to fully recoup, oppressing those who have not become "honorable gentlemen" themselves. Take away from you this redneck dream - and life will lose its meaning.

[Incal]

Don't hate the player hate the game.

[Óttar]

I don't understand why someone with $100+ billion dollars doesn't just give their employees whatever they want. $15/hr. Maternity leave, paternity leave, medical insurance, etc. He gave his employees a wage increase, but then took away their benefits. We all know damn well that he can afford to give them both.

[KirillMazur]

Don't hate the player hate the game.

It's true. Bezos is just one of the cards in the deck of nameless "gamemasters" who always know how to direct the fury of the masses along the wrong path.