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-RetroActive- 07/11/21 7:22:09 AM #1:	https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/ Thanks, capitalism. --- I'm always thinking one step ahead, like a carpenter that makes stairs. <cite>-RetroActive- posted [p:955967402] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/ Thanks, capitalism. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Turtlebread 07/11/21 7:24:32 AM #2:	Damn I wish I had $1000 --- https://imgur.com/yCW15Zn <cite>Turtlebread posted [p:955967420] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Damn I wish I had $1000 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Squall28 07/11/21 7:24:49 AM #3:	How does Jeff Bezos having more money affect you personally? --- You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. -Misattributed to CS Lewis <cite>Squall28 posted [p:955967428] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>How does Jeff Bezos having more money affect you personally? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Relient_K 07/11/21 7:28:04 AM #4:	Squall28 posted... How does Jeff Bozos having more money affect you personally? This is a stupid question. There is quite literally, a finite amount of wealth in the world. When the super rich hoard massive amounts on cash instead of spending it (or say, paying taxes) it makes everyone else poorer. As they continue to accumulated wealth and buy up land and property the opportunities for others shrink. --- We all ate the biscuits, Fighter. We can all see through time. [ER] <cite>Relient_K posted [p:955967462] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Squall28 posted... </cite> <quote>How does Jeff Bozos having more money affect you personally?</quote> This is a stupid question. There is quite literally, a finite amount of wealth in the world. When the super rich hoard massive amounts on cash instead of spending it (or say, paying taxes) it makes everyone else poorer. As they continue to accumulated wealth and buy up land and property the opportunities for others shrink. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
008Zulu 07/11/21 7:32:33 AM #5:	It is Jeff Bezo's fault that Amazon became a giant company. It surely wasn't the hundreds of millions of people buying from it every year that contributed. --- If you protest, it's because you feel your voice isn't being heard. If you riot, it's because you feel your voice is being ignored. <cite>008Zulu posted [p:955967511] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>It is Jeff Bezo's fault that Amazon became a giant company. It surely wasn't the hundreds of millions of people buying from it every year that contributed. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Squall28 07/11/21 7:37:36 AM #6:	Relient_K posted... This is a stupid question. There is quite literally, a finite amount of wealth in the world. When the super rich hoard massive amounts on cash instead of spending it (or say, paying taxes) it makes everyone else poorer. As they continue to accumulated wealth and buy up land and property the opportunities for others shrink. The amount of wealth in the world keeps growing, and Bezos wealth is based on a valuation of something he owns. It's like if someone offers you a million dollars to buy your house. You don't actually have a million dollars in cash from that, but you'll be counted as a millionaire. Then let's say you keep getting better offers on your house. The price keeps going up. Are you hoarding wealth? Are you sucking resources from the world because you are getting better offers? --- You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. -Misattributed to CS Lewis <cite>Squall28 posted [p:955967556] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Relient_K posted... </cite> <quote>This is a stupid question. There is quite literally, a finite amount of wealth in the world. When the super rich hoard massive amounts on cash instead of spending it (or say, paying taxes) it makes everyone else poorer. As they continue to accumulated wealth and buy up land and property the opportunities for others shrink.</quote> The amount of wealth in the world keeps growing, and Bezos wealth is based on a valuation of something he owns. It's like if someone offers you a million dollars to buy your house. You don't actually have a million dollars in cash from that, but you'll be counted as a millionaire. Then let's say you keep getting better offers on your house. The price keeps going up. Are you hoarding wealth? Are you sucking resources from the world because you are getting better offers? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NeonOctopus 07/11/21 7:40:30 AM #7:	Man, that is a lot of scrolling. I saw the bar after Bezos and I just gave up lol --- https://imgur.com/nlaY1qH https://imgur.com/zHJ1OCo https://imgur.com/btBPP4E https://imgur.com/1B3bMHw https://imgur.com/2aof3ao <cite>NeonOctopus posted [p:955967592] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Man, that is a lot of scrolling. I saw the bar after Bezos and I just gave up lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Prismsblade 07/11/21 7:44:16 AM #8:	Relient_K posted... This is a stupid question. There is quite literally, a finite amount of wealth in the world. When the super rich hoard massive amounts on cash instead of spending it (or say, paying taxes) it makes everyone else poorer. As they continue to accumulated wealth and buy up land and property the opportunities for others shrink. So why hasn't our bottom lines QoL scailed accordingly? It should have gotten worse based on your logic but it's been the opposite. --- 3DS FC:3368-5403-9633 Name: Kaizer PSN: Blackkaizer <cite>Prismsblade posted [p:955967632] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Relient_K posted... </cite> <quote>This is a stupid question. There is quite literally, a finite amount of wealth in the world. When the super rich hoard massive amounts on cash instead of spending it (or say, paying taxes) it makes everyone else poorer. As they continue to accumulated wealth and buy up land and property the opportunities for others shrink.</quote>So why hasn't our bottom lines QoL scailed accordingly? It should have gotten worse based on your logic but it's been the opposite. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Xavier_On_High 07/11/21 7:45:15 AM #9:	008Zulu posted... It is Jeff Bezo's fault that Amazon became a giant company. It surely wasn't the hundreds of millions of people buying from it every year that contributed. Most people don't have the time to think about who they're buying from, nor the money to be able to afford to take a stand against the corporations undercutting other sellers. They're rightly concerned about more immediate problems and trust that lawmakers will keep inequality under control. --- http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltnafhjcUz1qmxswbo1_500.gif <cite>Xavier_On_High posted [p:955967653] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>008Zulu posted... </cite> <quote>It is Jeff Bezo's fault that Amazon became a giant company. It surely wasn't the hundreds of millions of people buying from it every year that contributed.</quote> Most people don't have the time to think about who they're buying from, nor the money to be able to afford to take a stand against the corporations undercutting other sellers. They're rightly concerned about more immediate problems and trust that lawmakers will keep inequality under control. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LinkDaLunatic 07/11/21 7:57:48 AM #10:	here come the billionaire haters! why can't you guys just kiss billionaire ass like i do? can't you see that those people worked 700,000 times harder than everyone else and that's why they have all that money? can't you accept that it's not immoral for them to horde that wealth while millions are below the poverty line because they're not obligated to give anything back to the country that made them wealthy? are you really so daft that you can't fathom that their quality of life, which would not be greatly different between 1 billion and 200 billion, is more important than the success of the nation they live in? god, you all just want free handouts! you just want free money! you just want to not have to work! you're all socialists! i personally don't have an issue with these people not paying their share in taxes! i personally don't have an issue with them living better than kings while thousands starve or die of treatable illnesses every day! i personally don't have an issue with people failing to make ends meet working 80 hours a week! i personally don't have an issue with reduced school budgets, crumbling neighborhoods, soaring healthcare costs, shattered infrastructure, or the fact that the planet is literally dying and small chunks of that wealth could actually help to save it! all of those aren't issues that people that control majority power in the world should have to think about! it's on YOU to solve these problems! go donate some school supplies! go fill some potholes! go build massive solar farms and help society upgrade to electric vehicles to greatly reduce our reliance on fossil fuels! why aren't you doing your part?!?!?!?!? stop eating avocado toast! this is easy stuff people, super simple stuff, but here you are crying about other people having money! ugh. i don't have time to sit here and explain to you guys why you're wrong about all this. that website that the topic creator posted is just poor people math and socialist propaganda. topic closed. <cite>LinkDaLunatic posted [p:955967817] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>here come the billionaire haters! why can't you guys just kiss billionaire ass like i do? can't you see that those people worked 700,000 times harder than everyone else and that's why they have all that money? can't you accept that it's not immoral for them to horde that wealth while millions are below the poverty line because they're not obligated to give anything back to the country that made them wealthy? are you really so daft that you can't fathom that their quality of life, which would not be greatly different between 1 billion and 200 billion, is more important than the success of the nation they live in? god, you all just want free handouts! you just want free money! you just want to not have to work! you're all socialists! i personally don't have an issue with these people not paying their share in taxes! i personally don't have an issue with them living better than kings while thousands starve or die of treatable illnesses every day! i personally don't have an issue with people failing to make ends meet working 80 hours a week! i personally don't have an issue with reduced school budgets, crumbling neighborhoods, soaring healthcare costs, shattered infrastructure, or the fact that the planet is literally dying and small chunks of that wealth could actually help to save it! all of those aren't issues that people that control majority power in the world should have to think about! it's on YOU to solve these problems! go donate some school supplies! go fill some potholes! go build massive solar farms and help society upgrade to electric vehicles to greatly reduce our reliance on fossil fuels! why aren't you doing your part?!?!?!?!? stop eating avocado toast! this is easy stuff people, super simple stuff, but here you are crying about other people having money! ugh. i don't have time to sit here and explain to you guys why you're wrong about all this. that website that the topic creator posted is just poor people math and socialist propaganda. topic closed. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solid Snake07 07/11/21 7:59:51 AM #11:	Wealth isn't a finite resource so it doesn't really matter. Bezos growing amazon into one of the largest companies in the world didn't take money out if yours or anyone else's pocket. It's a childs view of finance and economics to act otherwise. --- "People incapable of guilt usually do have a good time" -Detective Rust Cohle <cite>Solid Snake07 posted [p:955967847] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Wealth isn't a finite resource so it doesn't really matter. Bezos growing amazon into one of the largest companies in the world didn't take money out if yours or anyone else's pocket. It's a childs view of finance and economics to act otherwise. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Samurontai 07/11/21 8:08:13 AM #12:	You know TC, if you hate Capitalism so much, theres plenty of socialist/communist countries you could move to that seem to be doing okay. Like Venezuela oh wait.. Maybe China oh theyre a dictatorship. Yikes Laos maybe? Man, its almost like most socialist countries tend to just not be that great. Wonder why that is --- https://imgur.com/Scl5rwX https://imgur.com/Fjgt7Qq https://imgur.com/NidhAni https://imgur.com/IGIbQPk <cite>Samurontai posted [p:955967957] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>You know TC, if you hate Capitalism so much, theres plenty of socialist/communist countries you could move to that seem to be doing okay. Like Venezuela oh wait.. Maybe China oh theyre a dictatorship. Yikes Laos maybe? Man, its almost like most socialist countries tend to just not be that great. Wonder why that is </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Xavier_On_High 07/11/21 8:12:00 AM #13:	Solid Snake07 posted... Wealth isn't a finite resource so it doesn't really matter. Bezos growing amazon into one of the largest companies in the world didn't take money out if yours or anyone else's pocket. It's a childs view of finance and economics to act otherwise. You realise that Bezos basically doesn't pay tax, right? You buy something from Amazon, and the portion of the money that he should be paying as tax just disappears. How is that not taking money out of regular people's pockets? --- http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltnafhjcUz1qmxswbo1_500.gif <cite>Xavier_On_High posted [p:955968003] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Solid Snake07 posted... </cite> <quote>Wealth isn't a finite resource so it doesn't really matter. Bezos growing amazon into one of the largest companies in the world didn't take money out if yours or anyone else's pocket. It's a childs view of finance and economics to act otherwise.</quote> You realise that Bezos basically doesn't pay tax, right? You buy something from Amazon, and the portion of the money that he should be paying as tax just disappears. How is that not taking money out of regular people's pockets? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solid Snake07 07/11/21 8:16:10 AM #14:	Xavier_On_High posted... You realise that Bezos basically doesn't pay tax, right? You buy something from Amazon, and the portion of the money that he should be paying as tax just disappears. How is that not taking money out of regular people's pockets? Jeff Bezos absolutely paid taxes on any amazon stock he's ever sold. Amazon earnings don't just go into his personal accounts. That's not how running a public company works --- "People incapable of guilt usually do have a good time" -Detective Rust Cohle <cite>Solid Snake07 posted [p:955968071] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Xavier_On_High posted... </cite> <quote>You realise that Bezos basically doesn't pay tax, right? You buy something from Amazon, and the portion of the money that he should be paying as tax just disappears. How is that not taking money out of regular people's pockets?</quote> Jeff Bezos absolutely paid taxes on any amazon stock he's ever sold. Amazon earnings don't just go into his personal accounts. That's not how running a public company works </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dat_Cracka_Jax 07/11/21 8:18:14 AM #15:	Xavier_On_High posted... You realise that Bezos basically doesn't pay tax, right? You buy something from Amazon, and the portion of the money that he should be paying as tax just disappears. How is that not taking money out of regular people's pockets? Why Would bezos pay tax just because i bought something from Amazon? Wouldn't that be Amazon paying it? --- http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/8131/flame201010170949481638.jpg http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5517/cateyes.gif Rams: 7-9 <cite>Dat_Cracka_Jax posted [p:955968104] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Xavier_On_High posted... </cite> <quote>You realise that Bezos basically doesn't pay tax, right? You buy something from Amazon, and the portion of the money that he should be paying as tax just disappears. How is that not taking money out of regular people's pockets?</quote>Why Would bezos pay tax just because i bought something from Amazon? Wouldn't that be Amazon paying it? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Unsugarized_Foo 07/11/21 8:22:22 AM #17:	Bezo's company has touched roughly 1,200,000,000 people Yo ass hasn't even touched a girl Bezobby --- "All I have is my balls and my word, and I don't break them for anyone!"-Tony Montana <cite>Unsugarized_Foo posted [p:955968175] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Bezo's company has touched roughly 1,200,000,000 people Yo ass hasn't even touched a girl Bezobby </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solid Snake07 07/11/21 8:22:28 AM #18:	Dat_Cracka_Jax posted... Why Would bezos pay tax just because i bought something from Amazon? Wouldn't that be Amazon paying it? It'd be you paying it. It's called sales tax --- "People incapable of guilt usually do have a good time" -Detective Rust Cohle <cite>Solid Snake07 posted [p:955968179] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Dat_Cracka_Jax posted... </cite> <quote>Why Would bezos pay tax just because i bought something from Amazon? Wouldn't that be Amazon paying it?</quote> It'd be you paying it. It's called sales tax </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Xavier_On_High 07/11/21 8:23:35 AM #19:	Dat_Cracka_Jax posted... Why Would bezos pay tax just because i bought something from Amazon? Wouldn't that be Amazon paying it? Amazon itself avoids paying a huge proportion of its taxes. And Bezos' income comes from that, which he then also avoids paying tax on. --- http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltnafhjcUz1qmxswbo1_500.gif <cite>Xavier_On_High posted [p:955968195] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Dat_Cracka_Jax posted... </cite> <quote>Why Would bezos pay tax just because i bought something from Amazon? Wouldn't that be Amazon paying it?</quote> Amazon itself avoids paying a huge proportion of its taxes. And Bezos' income comes from that, which he then also avoids paying tax on. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Error1355 07/11/21 8:23:58 AM #20:	Solid Snake07 posted... Wealth isn't a finite resource so it doesn't really matter. Bezos growing amazon into one of the largest companies in the world didn't take money out if yours or anyone else's pocket. It's a childs view of finance and economics to act otherwise. I pay more in taxes than Amazon does. --- Welcome home, shed your skin and expose your bones. Take my hand, follow us into the black so far that we can't get back. <cite>Error1355 posted [p:955968204] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Solid Snake07 posted... </cite> <quote>Wealth isn't a finite resource so it doesn't really matter. Bezos growing amazon into one of the largest companies in the world didn't take money out if yours or anyone else's pocket. It's a childs view of finance and economics to act otherwise.</quote>I pay more in taxes than Amazon does. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Southernfatman 07/11/21 8:26:16 AM #21:	There has to be something in the brain that causes certain folks to defend the rich and the fucked system and be happy little worker drones. It has to be some carry over from the more primitive aspects of the brain to defend such animal like hierarchies. They defend them like royalty. They think they're literally a better class or species of people. --- https://imgur.com/hslUvRN When I sin I sin real good. <cite>Southernfatman posted [p:955968234] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>There has to be something in the brain that causes certain folks to defend the rich and the fucked system and be happy little worker drones. It has to be some carry over from the more primitive aspects of the brain to defend such animal like hierarchies. They defend them like royalty. They think they're literally a better class or species of people. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LinkDaLunatic 07/11/21 8:26:20 AM #22:	LinkDaLunatic posted... topic closed. <cite>LinkDaLunatic posted [p:955968237] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>LinkDaLunatic posted... </cite> <quote>topic closed.</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solid Snake07 07/11/21 8:27:11 AM #23:	Error1355 posted... I pay more in taxes than Amazon does. No you don't. Unless you paid over 4 billion in taxes last year. In which case kudos --- "People incapable of guilt usually do have a good time" -Detective Rust Cohle <cite>Solid Snake07 posted [p:955968247] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Error1355 posted... </cite> <quote>I pay more in taxes than Amazon does.</quote> No you don't. Unless you paid over 4 billion in taxes last year. In which case kudos </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
-RetroActive- 07/11/21 8:30:38 AM #24:	Samurontai posted... You know TC, if you hate Capitalism so much, theres plenty of socialist/communist countries you could move to that seem to be doing okay. Same energy. --- I'm always thinking one step ahead, like a carpenter that makes stairs. <cite>-RetroActive- posted [p:955968290] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Samurontai posted... </cite> <quote>You know TC, if you hate Capitalism so much, theres plenty of socialist/communist countries you could move to that seem to be doing okay.</quote> Same energy. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solid Snake07 07/11/21 8:33:52 AM #25:	Southernfatman posted... There has to be something in the brain that causes certain folks to defend the rich and the fucked system and be happy little worker drones. It has to be some carry over from the more primitive aspects of the brain to defend such animal like hierarchies. They defend them like royalty. They think they're literally a better class or species of people. I don't see anyone creating topics to defend billionaires. I see multiple topics a day of people crying about them. Which they probably posted from an apple or samsung phone through a browser owned and operated by google to cry about how much capitalism marginalizes the average person --- "People incapable of guilt usually do have a good time" -Detective Rust Cohle <cite>Solid Snake07 posted [p:955968333] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Southernfatman posted... </cite> <quote>There has to be something in the brain that causes certain folks to defend the rich and the fucked system and be happy little worker drones. It has to be some carry over from the more primitive aspects of the brain to defend such animal like hierarchies. They defend them like royalty. They think they're literally a better class or species of people.</quote> I don't see anyone creating topics to defend billionaires. I see multiple topics a day of people crying about them. Which they probably posted from an apple or samsung phone through a browser owned and operated by google to cry about how much capitalism marginalizes the average person </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ROOTFayth 07/11/21 8:35:25 AM #26:	Southernfatman posted... There has to be something in the brain that causes certain folks to defend the rich and the fucked system and be happy little worker drones. It has to be some carry over from the more primitive aspects of the brain to defend such animal like hierarchies. They defend them like royalty. They think they're literally a better class or species of people. think theres something more wrong with people who wants communism tbh <cite>ROOTFayth posted [p:955968361] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Southernfatman posted... </cite> <quote>There has to be something in the brain that causes certain folks to defend the rich and the fucked system and be happy little worker drones. It has to be some carry over from the more primitive aspects of the brain to defend such animal like hierarchies. They defend them like royalty. They think they're literally a better class or species of people.</quote>think theres something more wrong with people who wants communism tbh </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ThePusher 07/11/21 8:38:14 AM #27:	Solid Snake07 posted... I don't see anyone creating topics to defend billionaires. I see multiple topics a day of people crying about them. Which they probably posted from an apple or samsung phone through a browser owned and operated by google. there are literally ppl itt & in every billionaire topic simping them & licking there boots lol its the most cuck thing ever <cite>ThePusher posted [p:955968403] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Solid Snake07 posted... </cite> <quote>I don't see anyone creating topics to defend billionaires. I see multiple topics a day of people crying about them. Which they probably posted from an apple or samsung phone through a browser owned and operated by google.</quote>there are literally ppl itt & in every billionaire topic simping them & licking there boots lol its the most cuck thing ever </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
viewmaster_pi 07/11/21 8:39:53 AM #28:	hoarding wealth is disgusting. he couldn't spend it all if he tried, and people say you can't just take the super rich's money because it's lawfully theirs, they earned it, blah blah blah. capping the amount of money the ultra-wealthy can hoard before dipping into it for social services, healthcare, infrastructure maintenance, improved wages, etc, may seem like socialism to people, but no one person has any practical use for such an enormous amount of money that'll just sit in some offshore account for years and years. gross hoarding of wealth of this calibur is why society isn't going to get better. we just have to let the super rich hoard and hoard as everything outside their bubble deteriorates, because it's more ethical to allow that than use it to help the country's many many problems --- You got what you asked for Did it fix what was wrong with you? <cite>viewmaster_pi posted [p:955968427] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>hoarding wealth is disgusting. he couldn't spend it all if he tried, and people say you can't just take the super rich's money because it's lawfully theirs, they earned it, blah blah blah. capping the amount of money the ultra-wealthy can hoard before dipping into it for social services, healthcare, infrastructure maintenance, improved wages, etc, may seem like socialism to people, but no one person has any practical use for such an enormous amount of money that'll just sit in some offshore account for years and years. gross hoarding of wealth of this calibur is why society isn't going to get better. we just have to let the super rich hoard and hoard as everything outside their bubble deteriorates, because it's more ethical to allow that than use it to help the country's many many problems </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ratchetrockon 07/11/21 8:42:36 AM #29:	Reminds me of that lightspeed in space thingy Crazy --- i9 9900k \| RTX 2080ti FE \|Aorus Master Z390 \| 2 TB 850 EVO + 1tb 970 EVO\| DDR4 32 gig 3200 RAM \| EVGA T2 1000W https://valid.x86.fr/w0rvt0 <cite>Ratchetrockon posted [p:955968470] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Reminds me of that lightspeed in space thingy Crazy </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solid Snake07 07/11/21 8:44:26 AM #30:	ThePusher posted... there are literally ppl itt & in every billionaire topic simping them & licking there boots lol its the most cuck thing ever Okay, well I don't know if you're talking about me or not but I'm not even really defending Bezos, honestly couldn't give a shit less about him and how much his stock is currently worth. Has literally no affect on my life. I'm just pointing out this mentality of "they have that much because they took it from the rest of us" is fucking dumb. Value isn't finite, basically all of Bezos net worth is value he created through building that company to valuation it is today. --- "People incapable of guilt usually do have a good time" -Detective Rust Cohle <cite>Solid Snake07 posted [p:955968498] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>ThePusher posted... </cite> <quote>there are literally ppl itt & in every billionaire topic simping them & licking there boots lol its the most cuck thing ever</quote> Okay, well I don't know if you're talking about me or not but I'm not even really defending Bezos, honestly couldn't give a shit less about him and how much his stock is currently worth. Has literally no affect on my life. I'm just pointing out this mentality of "they have that much because they took it from the rest of us" is fucking dumb. Value isn't finite, basically all of Bezos net worth is value he created through building that company to valuation it is today. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Xavier_On_High 07/11/21 8:50:32 AM #31:	Solid Snake07 posted... Value isn't finite, basically all of Bezos net worth is value he created through building that company to valuation it is today. Value isn't intrinsic. It's based on how much people are willing to pay, and that in turn is based on those people's finite resources on an individual level. Amazon isn't an abstract entity, it's a company supported by the people who work for it and the societies in which it operates. --- http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltnafhjcUz1qmxswbo1_500.gif <cite>Xavier_On_High posted [p:955968601] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Solid Snake07 posted... </cite> <quote>Value isn't finite, basically all of Bezos net worth is value he created through building that company to valuation it is today.</quote> Value isn't intrinsic. It's based on how much people are willing to pay, and that in turn is based on those people's finite resources on an individual level. Amazon isn't an abstract entity, it's a company supported by the people who work for it and the societies in which it operates. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Squall28 07/11/21 8:51:15 AM #32:	Southernfatman posted... There has to be something in the brain that causes certain folks to defend the rich and the fucked system and be happy little worker drones. It has to be some carry over from the more primitive aspects of the brain to defend such animal like hierarchies. They defend them like royalty. They think they're literally a better class or species of people. It's more correcting misinformation than defending billionaires. I'm indifferent to billionaires. --- You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. -Misattributed to CS Lewis <cite>Squall28 posted [p:955968605] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Southernfatman posted... </cite> <quote>There has to be something in the brain that causes certain folks to defend the rich and the fucked system and be happy little worker drones. It has to be some carry over from the more primitive aspects of the brain to defend such animal like hierarchies. They defend them like royalty. They think they're literally a better class or species of people.</quote> It's more correcting misinformation than defending billionaires. I'm indifferent to billionaires. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
viewmaster_pi 07/11/21 8:55:14 AM #33:	it's not that it was taken from anyone, it's that it'll never be used to improve the lives of anyone or the overall quality of life in america. you've got this absurd fatcat enclave of the hyper-wealthy elite like, "hm... sucks to suck" to the rest of the country as it gets worse and worse for normal people (see: not rich) --- You got what you asked for Did it fix what was wrong with you? <cite>viewmaster_pi posted [p:955968669] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>it's not that it was taken from anyone, it's that it'll never be used to improve the lives of anyone or the overall quality of life in america. you've got this absurd fatcat enclave of the hyper-wealthy elite like, "hm... sucks to suck" to the rest of the country as it gets worse and worse for normal people (see: not rich) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CapnMuffin 07/11/21 8:56:31 AM #34:	Gawdamn. The inconveniencing just 400 people to advance the world and save millions of lives (and the 400 will STILL be billionaires) thing got me. Crazy Also that theres more people living in poverty in the USA than the entire population of Canada. <cite>CapnMuffin posted [p:955968693] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Gawdamn. The inconveniencing just 400 people to advance the world and save millions of lives (and the 400 will STILL be billionaires) thing got me. Crazy Also that theres more people living in poverty in the USA than the entire population of Canada. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
averagejoel 07/11/21 8:59:27 AM #35:	Samurontai posted... You know TC, if you hate Capitalism so much, theres plenty of socialist/communist countries you could move to that seem to be doing okay. Like Venezuela oh wait.. Maybe China oh theyre a dictatorship. Yikes Laos maybe? Man, its almost like most socialist countries tend to just not be that great. Wonder why that is because wealthy capitalist countries use a large portion of their resources to make them worse --- peanut butter and dick <cite>averagejoel posted [p:955968729] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Samurontai posted... </cite> <quote>You know TC, if you hate Capitalism so much, theres plenty of socialist/communist countries you could move to that seem to be doing okay. Like Venezuela oh wait.. Maybe China oh theyre a dictatorship. Yikes Laos maybe? Man, its almost like most socialist countries tend to just not be that great. Wonder why that is</quote>because wealthy capitalist countries use a large portion of their resources to make them worse </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Squall28 07/11/21 9:02:47 AM #36:	ThePusher posted... there are literally ppl itt & in every billionaire topic simping them & licking there boots lol its the most cuck thing ever Lol nobody is simping shit. People explaining basic things about how the world works is not simping. The only reason I or anyone else speaks up is because you guys world view is so twisted. How did you seriously turn presenting some basic info as bootlicking. Too much koolaid messing with your brain brother. --- You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. -Misattributed to CS Lewis <cite>Squall28 posted [p:955968787] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>ThePusher posted... </cite> <quote>there are literally ppl itt & in every billionaire topic simping them & licking there boots lol its the most cuck thing ever</quote> Lol nobody is simping shit. People explaining basic things about how the world works is not simping. The only reason I or anyone else speaks up is because you guys world view is so twisted. How did you seriously turn presenting some basic info as bootlicking. Too much koolaid messing with your brain brother. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cuticrusader09 07/11/21 9:14:12 AM #37:	008Zulu posted... It is Jeff Bezo's fault that Amazon became a giant company. It surely wasn't the hundreds of millions of people buying from it every year that contributed. He wouldnt have been able to do it without the massive tax breaks Amazon got. Local governments fall over themselves to get a warehouse to bring in jobs at a high cost to themselves. --- AC - Violet on Penny. (N), Rose on Sapphire (S) <cite>Cuticrusader09 posted [p:955968980] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>008Zulu posted...</cite> <quote>It is Jeff Bezo's fault that Amazon became a giant company. It surely wasn't the hundreds of millions of people buying from it every year that contributed. </quote> He wouldnt have been able to do it without the massive tax breaks Amazon got. Local governments fall over themselves to get a warehouse to bring in jobs at a high cost to themselves.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ThePusher 07/11/21 9:32:50 AM #38:	Squall28 posted... Lol nobody is simping shit. People explaining basic things about how the world works is not simping. The only reason I or anyone else speaks up is because you guys world view is so twisted. How did you seriously turn presenting some basic info as bootlicking. Too much koolaid messing with your brain brother. how do those boots taste fam i have homeless friends that wud love to have a place to live & they might if billionaires were taxed enough & actually paid them so to answer ur first dumb question that wud affect me personally <cite>ThePusher posted [p:955969309] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Squall28 posted... </cite> <quote>Lol nobody is simping shit. People explaining basic things about how the world works is not simping. The only reason I or anyone else speaks up is because you guys world view is so twisted. How did you seriously turn presenting some basic info as bootlicking. Too much koolaid messing with your brain brother.</quote>how do those boots taste fam i have homeless friends that wud love to have a place to live & they might if billionaires were taxed enough & actually paid them so to answer ur first dumb question that wud affect me personally </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MedeaLysistrata 07/11/21 9:45:00 AM #39:	Samurontai posted... Wonder why that is Because they dont use slavery or empire to expand early on I guess some do... and those countries did end up quite powerful --- "Why is ontology so expensive?" - JH [Is this live?][Joyless planet...] <cite>MedeaLysistrata posted [p:955969511] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Samurontai posted... </cite> <quote>Wonder why that is</quote>Because they dont use slavery or empire to expand early on I guess some do... and those countries did end up quite powerful </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solid Snake07 07/11/21 10:02:37 AM #40:	viewmaster_pi posted... it's not that it was taken from anyone, it's that it'll never be used to improve the lives of anyone or the overall quality of life in america. you've got this absurd fatcat enclave of the hyper-wealthy elite like, "hm... sucks to suck" to the rest of the country as it gets worse and worse for normal people (see: not rich) Lol, amazon provides full time employment for hundreds of thousands of people and issues god only knows how many independent contracts for things like building, coding, or any number of other things. And all of those people pay taxes if uncle sam getting his cut is the ultimate endgame for you for some reason. --- "People incapable of guilt usually do have a good time" -Detective Rust Cohle <cite>Solid Snake07 posted [p:955969847] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>viewmaster_pi posted... </cite> <quote>it's not that it was taken from anyone, it's that it'll never be used to improve the lives of anyone or the overall quality of life in america. you've got this absurd fatcat enclave of the hyper-wealthy elite like, "hm... sucks to suck" to the rest of the country as it gets worse and worse for normal people (see: not rich)</quote> Lol, amazon provides full time employment for hundreds of thousands of people and issues god only knows how many independent contracts for things like building, coding, or any number of other things. And all of those people pay taxes if uncle sam getting his cut is the ultimate endgame for you for some reason. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Unsugarized_Foo 07/11/21 10:31:04 AM #41:	ThePusher posted... how do those boots taste fam i have homeless friends that wud love to have a place to live & they might if billionaires were taxed enough & actually paid them so to answer ur first dumb question that wud affect me personally https://www.covenanthouse.org/ https://www.indeed.com/m/jobs?q=Amazon --- "All I have is my balls and my word, and I don't break them for anyone!"-Tony Montana <cite>Unsugarized_Foo posted [p:955970539] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>ThePusher posted... </cite> <quote>how do those boots taste fam i have homeless friends that wud love to have a place to live & they might if billionaires were taxed enough & actually paid them so to answer ur first dumb question that wud affect me personally</quote> https://www.covenanthouse.org/ https://www.indeed.com/m/jobs?q=Amazon </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
monkmith 07/11/21 10:37:52 AM #42:	Unsugarized_Foo posted... https://www.covenanthouse.org/ https://www.indeed.com/m/jobs?q=Amazon you can also suck dick for money, probably safer then working in an amazon warehouse. --- Taarsidath-an halsaam. Quando il gioco e finito, il re e il pedone vanno nella stessa scatola <cite>monkmith posted [p:955970683] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Unsugarized_Foo posted... </cite> <quote>https://www.covenanthouse.org/ https://www.indeed.com/m/jobs?q=Amazon</quote>you can also suck dick for money, probably safer then working in an amazon warehouse. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
viewmaster_pi 07/11/21 10:38:49 AM #43:	Solid Snake07 posted... Lol, amazon provides full time employment for hundreds of thousands of people and issues god only knows how many independent contracts for things like building, coding, or any number of other things. And all of those people pay taxes if uncle sam getting his cut is the ultimate endgame for you for some reason. i'm not blaming amazon or jeff bezos personally for anything. i'm saying you've got people with these nearly intangible amounts of wealth, and it's just gonna sit there because that's somehow more ethically upright than a portion of it being collected and put to use improving the country. so much money that it's not even meaningfully quantifiable, just frozen there. sorry everyone under and near the poverty line. they all should have invested early, i guess --- You got what you asked for Did it fix what was wrong with you? <cite>viewmaster_pi posted [p:955970702] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Solid Snake07 posted... </cite> <quote>Lol, amazon provides full time employment for hundreds of thousands of people and issues god only knows how many independent contracts for things like building, coding, or any number of other things. And all of those people pay taxes if uncle sam getting his cut is the ultimate endgame for you for some reason.</quote>i'm not blaming amazon or jeff bezos personally for anything. i'm saying you've got people with these nearly intangible amounts of wealth, and it's just gonna sit there because that's somehow more ethically upright than a portion of it being collected and put to use improving the country. so much money that it's not even meaningfully quantifiable, just frozen there. sorry everyone under and near the poverty line. they all should have invested early, i guess </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
shiby with it 07/11/21 10:41:11 AM #44:	Capitalism is great. Monopolies are not. --- ...I knew this 45 year old guy, goes by the name of Uncle Slappy, used to hang out on the corner of 56th and Rucker... -SArmstr0ng <cite>shiby with it posted [p:955970759] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Capitalism is great. Monopolies are not. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
-RetroActive- 07/11/21 10:45:29 AM #45:	Solid Snake07 posted... Lol, amazon provides full time employment for hundreds of thousands of people and issues god only knows how many independent contracts for things like building, coding, or any number of other things. Because we all know how great Amazon working conditions are. Oh, wait https://theintercept.com/2021/03/25/amazon-drivers-pee-bottles-union/ --- I'm always thinking one step ahead, like a carpenter that makes stairs. <cite>-RetroActive- posted [p:955970879] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Solid Snake07 posted... </cite> <quote>Lol, amazon provides full time employment for hundreds of thousands of people and issues god only knows how many independent contracts for things like building, coding, or any number of other things.</quote>Because we all know how great Amazon working conditions are. Oh, wait https://theintercept.com/2021/03/25/amazon-drivers-pee-bottles-union/ </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Unsugarized_Foo 07/11/21 10:54:10 AM #46:	monkmith posted... you can also suck dick for money, probably safer then working in an amazon warehouse. Youve obviously never sucked a dick more than 10 times --- "All I have is my balls and my word, and I don't break them for anyone!"-Tony Montana <cite>Unsugarized_Foo posted [p:955971079] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>monkmith posted... </cite> <quote>you can also suck dick for money, probably safer then working in an amazon warehouse.</quote> Youve obviously never sucked a dick more than 10 times </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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FortuneCookie 07/11/21 11:33:20 AM #48:	I made it to the blue section before I backed out. They made their point. I don't need a half-hour lecture. It's true that hording that amount of wealth is abhorrent, but people live vicariously through the super rich and think it's like tearing an arm off if you give a homeless person a loaf of bread. <cite>FortuneCookie posted [p:955972107] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>I made it to the blue section before I backed out. They made their point. I don't need a half-hour lecture. It's true that hording that amount of wealth is abhorrent, but people live vicariously through the super rich and think it's like tearing an arm off if you give a homeless person a loaf of bread. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
bluezero 07/11/21 11:41:12 AM #49:	Unsugarized_Foo posted... Youve obviously never sucked a dick more than 10 times This topic is going places. --- https://imgur.com/hBtvVNu <cite>bluezero posted [p:955972307] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Unsugarized_Foo posted... </cite> <quote>Youve obviously never sucked a dick more than 10 times</quote>This topic is going places. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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g980 07/11/21 11:53:42 AM #51:	Relient_K posted... This is a stupid question. There is quite literally, a finite amount of wealth in the world. When the super rich hoard massive amounts on cash instead of spending it (or say, paying taxes) it makes everyone else poorer. As they continue to accumulated wealth and buy up land and property the opportunities for others shrink. I hope we can all appreciate how dumb this is A) bezos's wealth is largely based on how Amazon is valued. Just because the market agrees his shares are worth $X does not mean he magically has taken $X from someonr B) the wealthy pay plenty of taxes (a disproportionately high amount). They should probably pay a bit more, but it is untrue to say they pay none C) they arent hiding stacks of cash under their mattresses. Invested money funds businesses, it pretty much all continues to move through the economy. Its annoying that i have to defend someone like Bezos - who has some very shitty business practices - but some of you guys are just so far off the mark someones gotta inject a little bit of reality into the convo --- These old bones live to learn her wanton ways: (I measure time by how a body sways). <cite>g980 posted [p:955972657] in Wealth sho... [t:79559157]...</cite> <quote>Relient_K posted...</cite> <quote> This is a stupid question. There is quite literally, a finite amount of wealth in the world. When the super rich hoard massive amounts on cash instead of spending it (or say, paying taxes) it makes everyone else poorer. As they continue to accumulated wealth and buy up land and property the opportunities for others shrink. </quote> I hope we can all appreciate how dumb this is A) bezos's wealth is largely based on how Amazon is valued. Just because the market agrees his shares are worth $X does not mean he magically has taken $X from someonr B) the wealthy pay plenty of taxes (a disproportionately high amount). They should probably pay a bit more, but it is untrue to say they pay none C) they arent hiding stacks of cash under their mattresses. Invested money funds businesses, it pretty much all continues to move through the economy. Its annoying that i have to defend someone like Bezos - who has some very shitty business practices - but some of you guys are just so far off the mark someones gotta inject a little bit of reality into the convo</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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