Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person
by branchless on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @10:28PM
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First generation rich, yes. But then his riches will rely on the state's monopoly on violence to defend the "property" of his descendants.
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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person
by foozed on Thursday March 30, 2017 @06:17AM
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His maternal ancestors were settlers who lived in Texas, and over the generations acquired a 25,000-acre (101 km2 or 39 miles2) ranch near Cotulla. As of March 2015, Bezos was among the largest landholders in Texas. Bezos’s maternal grandfather was a regional director of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission in Albuquerque.
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From Bezos wikipedia entry[0].
Hardly what i would call first generation rich... The foundation for his wealth (his education, social status etc) could - his ancestors being texan settlers and all - very well be based on very much violence (theft of land from native americans etc.)