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  1. Comment on Jeff Bezos commits $10 billion to address climate change in ~enviro

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    I have no opinion on Bezos, he is good at what he is, make money. I have no problem even with Capitalism. I have a problem with diversion from the real matter; the increasing inequality never seen...

    I have no opinion on Bezos, he is good at what he is, make money. I have no problem even with Capitalism.

    I have a problem with diversion from the real matter; the increasing inequality never seen before in modern era and rampant monopolistic companies that 2 decades ago would had been heavily regulated. These types of moves are calculated moves to divide the people (I see it already here in how good it works) so legislators don't feel a compelling reason to regulate either monopolies, nor taxation.

    Let me give you an example, when a company injures you, any lawyer would tell you no to accept anything from it, or it may be seeming as you accept that as a compensation for the damages. Lawyers know how these things work.

    Again, nothing against Bezos, ultimately and legally, he just has to satisfy his stockholders... and they are very happy for a reason.

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  2. Comment on Jeff Bezos commits $10 billion to address climate change in ~enviro

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    Don't buy it! These pledges are well pledges. In the best of cases, is done in a long term and maximized to obtain the best tax rebates for many years to come. More important for them, they get to...

    Don't buy it!
    These pledges are well pledges. In the best of cases, is done in a long term and maximized to obtain the best tax rebates for many years to come. More important for them, they get to control de debate on Climate Change. Finaly, and better yet, convince part of the public they are good social agents and with no monopolistic tendencies.

    He wants to contribute to the Climate Change cause? How much extra CO2 all those vans are doing come to our home twice daily? Offset that! Get taxed how business were taxed in the American golden age, called like that for a reason! And make true competition a reality, or you think Amazon would keep being cheap once there is no competition left? All those hundreds of billions in investment for sure are not betting on that!

    Let's not even start on the free banking on colossal amounts of data that in a decade or two, we would find out the true collateral damage of that on our societies. But hey, let's applaud his uninterested benevolence.

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