Maybe one of them will buy him a better hat. |
And that's great. According to Andrés, he's already planning to use the money for his World Central Kitchen organization that feeds communities facing disasters, gives grants to farmers, and just generally makes the world a better place.
I suppose there's some symmetry in the organization getting funding from the very same capitalism run amok that is responsible for for causing many of the disasters whose victims they service. |
What? He's got hundreds of billions of dollars, you don't think he moisturizes? |
Ok, that's not what they're for. They're for roads and schools and things, but they also have the effect of making sure that we're a democracy and not an oligarchy--which, holy shit, we are an oligarchy and have been for decades. Look, what I'm saying is that it's a broken system when someone can accumulate that much wealth and then make hand outs only to the people and causes they prefer. Again, nothing against Jones and Andrés, but what if Bezos decides one day that he wants to support puppy fights. Like, forcing puppies to fight for sport. He can do it.
Fine, I don't really think Jeff Bezos is pro-puppy murder, but the point is he could be or the people he deems worthy of his totally not hastily thrown together Courage and Civility Award could be. And let's not lose sight of the fact that to someone with two hundred and three billion dollars, two hundred million is like what he finds in his couch cushions. I'm not trying to be a dick-shaped rocket here, I just don't think he's a hero for evading taxes, hoarding wealth and then throwing around (comparative) chump change to take the stink off.
Pictured: Jeff Bezos (in a much better hat), handing out money shortly before gassing the assembled crowd. |
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