Current Events > Jeff Bezos pledges $1 billion to biodiversity, conservation efforts

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voldothegr8
09/21/21 10:48:55 AM
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https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/jeff-bezos-pledges-1-bln-biodiversity-conservation-efforts-2021-09-21

Lets see how his haters turn this into a bad thing
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RchHomieQuanChi
09/21/21 10:51:05 AM
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Well this PR move definitely makes up for the awful warehouse conditions that have caused workers to literally die on the clock.

Are you happy now?

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Kingbuffet
09/21/21 10:52:17 AM
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I mean I'll take it but he could do better, plus it's like the minimum tax write off he can do so it's really not that special.
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g980
09/21/21 10:54:02 AM
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how dare he not donate even more
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EndOfDiscOne
09/21/21 11:04:12 AM
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Wow a half a percent of his net worth

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TheMikh
09/21/21 11:07:26 AM
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EndOfDiscOne posted...
Wow a half a percent of his net worth
on paper

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IShall_Run_Amok
09/21/21 11:10:51 AM
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g980 posted...
how dare he not donate even more
This but sincerely.

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CyricZ
09/21/21 11:11:50 AM
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His ex-wife donated almost six times that to combating racial inequality last year.

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au_gold
09/21/21 11:12:56 AM
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Fuck Jeff Bezos.

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SK8T3R215
09/21/21 11:15:08 AM
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Bezos man bad

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Solid_Seb
09/21/21 11:22:46 AM
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Jefferey Bezos

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Kingbuffet
09/21/21 11:23:25 AM
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CyricZ posted...
His ex-wife donated almost six times that to combating racial inequality last year.
Yep.

That summarizes this whole thread for everyone just like that.
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NightMarishPie
09/21/21 11:26:34 AM
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Lmao. Man donates a billion and people want more ffs, it's better than nothing.

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voldothegr8
09/21/21 12:31:45 PM
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CyricZ posted...
His ex-wife donated almost six times that to combating racial inequality last year.

That somehow invalidates his billion dollar pledge?
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pinky0926
09/21/21 12:35:23 PM
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NightMarishPie posted...
Lmao. Man donates a billion and people want more ffs, it's better than nothing.

Actually I want less

A whole lot fucking less

Less, as in less (or no) people being able to accrue hundreds of billions of dollars of personal wealth in the first place

This man pays less than 1% tax and you're clapping that he put some coins in the donation tin

Fucking lol.

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NightMarishPie
09/21/21 12:48:36 PM
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pinky0926 posted...
Actually I want less

A whole lot fucking less

Less, as in less (or no) people being able to accrue hundreds of billions of dollars of personal wealth in the first place

This man pays less than 1% tax and you're clapping that he put some coins in the donation tin

Fucking lol.
I'm not disagreeing with him being taxed more or anything, nor am I arguing that, but welcome to the current state of affairs.

I guess you don't want him to donate a billion dollars then? Cool, got it.

Come on lol, try to focus a bit and come back to reality.

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pinky0926
09/21/21 1:00:43 PM
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NightMarishPie posted...
I'm not disagreeing with him being taxed more or anything, nor am I arguing that, but welcome to the current state of affairs.

I guess you don't want him to donate a billion dollars then? Cool, got it.

Come on lol, try to focus a bit and come back to reality.

Sorry what do you actually want from me again? I'm not going to fucking clap the guy on the back anymore than I'm going to celebrate the human trafficking gangbanger for bringing gam gam a bouquet of flowers.

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peekingpanda
09/21/21 1:02:28 PM
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imagine simping for a billionaire

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NightMarishPie
09/21/21 1:06:11 PM
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pinky0926 posted...
Sorry what do you actually want from me again? I'm not going to fucking clap the guy on the back anymore than I'm going to celebrate the human trafficking gangbanger for bringing gam gam a bouquet of flowers.

You initially responded to me. Try to keep up.

Got it though, no donations from Bezos or anyone unless it's some arbitrary value of their wealth.

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iPhone_7
09/21/21 1:07:19 PM
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Jeff Bezos participating in society. curious

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nothanks1
09/21/21 1:07:33 PM
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I'm assuming he's supporting basically what are human rights violations and modern day slavery in his workplace
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CyricZ
09/21/21 1:08:45 PM
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Look I'm not saying Ms. Scott is a better person than Mr. Bezos.

Wait no, that's exactly what I'm saying.

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pinky0926
09/21/21 1:14:38 PM
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NightMarishPie posted...
You initially responded to me. Try to keep up.

Got it though, no donations from Bezos or anyone unless it's some arbitrary value of their wealth.

Jeff Bezos has spent 30 years crushing industry, trampling competition, dodging taxes, creating anti-union workplace horror factories and ticking off just about every item on the comic book megalomaniac villain playbook. His ego cruise to space must have decimated an entire section of the rainforest just to resource.

If I punch you in the face every day then offer you a bandaid 30 years later I guess it's on you to say "it's better than nothing I guess, being punched in the face is just a fact of life", but I think that's a horseshit set of values.

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Prismsblade
09/21/21 1:18:40 PM
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CyricZ posted...
His ex-wife donated almost six times that to combating racial inequality last year.
He's going to donate and contribute a hell of alot more then that throughout the rest of his likely long life so idk why people keep bringing this up by comparison.

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iPhone_7
09/21/21 1:19:56 PM
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I do feel a little bad every time I order something from Amazon or watch something on Amazon Prime, its like Im complicit.

But man I am really excited for The Boys season 3.

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theAteam
09/21/21 1:20:05 PM
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It's not even about his wealth or anything but the fact $1 billion won't make a single dent against the environmental destruction caused by our consumerist nature, of which Bezos and Amazon thrives.

No amount of money is going to help against the annual generation of millions of tons of nondegradable packaging and emissions required to create the products Amazon provides, most of which are cheap and unnecessary and will also be disposed in landfills and/or the ocean.

The only solution is to convert to a more sustainable culture but good luck getting anyone to give up revenue for that.

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Irony
09/21/21 1:20:46 PM
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voldothegr8 posted...


Lets see how his haters turn this into a bad thing
I'll bite

He won't really do it

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Squall28
09/21/21 1:22:40 PM
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voldothegr8 posted...
Lets see how his haters turn this into a bad thing

Like clockwork

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ThePusher
09/21/21 1:23:40 PM
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peekingpanda posted...
imagine simping for a billionaire

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WrestlinFan
09/21/21 1:27:31 PM
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Solid_Seb posted...
Jefferey Bezos

You did it!
Congratulations!

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Funkydog
09/21/21 1:29:24 PM
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Jeff! Jeff! Jeff!

HE'S OUR BOY!

This what's wanted for us? To simp for a trillionaire who doesn't pay taxes and makes more in an hour than most of CE combined in their life?

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Vicious_Dios
09/21/21 1:32:39 PM
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People in this topic complaining about some stranger donating to a noble cause, while they themselves haven't contributed shit to said cause.

I swear to God, these people are petty as fuck.

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Teh_Dr_Phil
09/21/21 1:43:34 PM
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Icant believe I agree with CyricZ on something. Wtf is going on here

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CyricZ
09/21/21 1:51:46 PM
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Vicious_Dios posted...
some stranger
Of your entire silly post, for some reason I find this element to be the most silly.

Treating the richest man in the world as "some stranger" is a baffling tactic.

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Oshawottownage
09/21/21 1:59:57 PM
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1. Because tax deductibles for charity are a thing so he didn't really give anything he just shifted were it goes for good PR.
2. Because he could give much more and still be obscenely rich
3. Because he doesn't lay his faith share of taxes nor does his company and his vile working conditions kill people

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Smashingpmkns
09/21/21 2:04:10 PM
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Amazon is actively killing the earth despite what their ads claim. So I dunno. Cool billion bucks but that's not gonna do shit when you're creating hundreds of millions of pounds in waste a year.
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Trumpo
09/21/21 2:10:18 PM
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OP is a known maga
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g980
09/21/21 2:11:02 PM
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Oshawottownage posted...
1. Because tax deductibles for charity are a thing so he didn't really give anything he just shifted were it goes for good PR.


I dont think you understand tax deductions
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RchHomieQuanChi
09/21/21 2:12:27 PM
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NightMarishPie posted...
Lmao. Man donates a billion and people want more ffs, it's better than nothing.

That'd be the equivalent of me donating a dollar, which doesn't make up for all of the awful shit he's done. Not even close.

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Hornswoggled
09/21/21 2:13:34 PM
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CyricZ posted...
His ex-wife donated almost six times that to combating racial inequality last year.

And even that isn't gonna help or change anything.
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Squall28
09/21/21 2:18:42 PM
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...
That'd be the equivalent of me donating a dollar, which doesn't make up for all of the awful shit he's done. Not even close.

A dollar is worth a dollar. It doesn't matter where it comes from. The whole percentage of your worth thing doesn't mean shit.


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RchHomieQuanChi
09/21/21 2:23:02 PM
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Squall28 posted...
A dollar is worth a dollar. It doesn't matter where it comes from. The whole percentage of your worth thing doesn't mean shit.

Actually it does, because the man could single-handedly end hunger or, at the very least, not work his warehouse workers to literal death, but wakes up and makes the active decision not to every day.

Instead, he donates less than 1% of his money to "combating" an issue his company has a huge role in exacerbating in a thinly-veiled PR move and we're supposed to suck his dick and thank him.

Yeah, no.

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Squall28
09/21/21 2:51:19 PM
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...
Actually it does, because the man could single-handedly end hunger or, at the very least, not work his warehouse workers to literal death, but wakes up and makes the active decision not to every day.

Instead, he donates less than 1% of his money to "combating" an issue his company has a huge role in exacerbating in a thinly-veiled PR move and we're supposed to suck his dick and thank him.

Yeah, no.

Doesn't matter. A dollar from him will go as far as a dollar from you. I'm sure whatever organization gets the money will know the difference between a 1% donation from you vs a 1% donation from Bezos.

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WrestlinFan
09/21/21 2:56:52 PM
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Squall28 posted...
Doesn't matter. A dollar from him will go as far as a dollar from you. I'm sure whatever organization gets the money will know the difference between a 1% donation from you vs a 1% donation from Bezos.
Why does the average person have the same responsibility to humanity as a person whos made billions exploiting humanity.

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FL81
09/21/21 2:59:29 PM
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well I'm not seeing any of you donating $1 billion to conservation efforts

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Squall28
09/21/21 3:04:33 PM
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WrestlinFan posted...
Why does the average person have the same responsibility to humanity as a person whos made billions exploiting humanity.

Is mediocrity an excuse for responsibility now? I only donated a dollar but that's ok because I suck at life.

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