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Re:Jeff Bezos Commits $10B to Address Climate Change
by Matticus_Rex on Monday February 17, 2020 @03:40PM
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What does the gross revenue of a public company he owns some of have to do with it?
Re:Jeff Bezos Commits $10B to Address Climate Change
by pjmorris on Monday February 17, 2020 @03:48PM
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Having the CEO make decisions that change Amazon's climate impact is a much larger lever than donating money. I'm not opposed to donations, or lifestyles, but what the largest economic entities do on a day to day basis is where the real climate change action is... or isn't.
Re:Jeff Bezos Commits $10B to Address Climate Change
by tpmx on Monday February 17, 2020 @03:53PM
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That's exactly what I was I struggling to communicate clearly.
Thanks.
Re:Jeff Bezos Commits $10B to Address Climate Change
by tpmx on Monday February 17, 2020 @03:49PM
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Just for your sake I included the market cap as well.
Edit: Seriously: this topic seems really hot. So many people seem to care about it when it's spoken about in a negative way. Maybe calm down a bit? Am I experiencing outright bullying right now? That's not a great visual for anyone, just saying.
Re:Jeff Bezos Commits $10B to Address Climate Change
by strbean on Monday February 17, 2020 @04:12PM
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Market cap is equally irrelevant. $10B is ~8% of his net worth. His biggest gain in net worth was 2017-2018 where it grew ~$80B, which would make $10B = 12.5% of his 'pre-tax income'. Donating 1/8th of your pre-tax income to charity would typically qualify as reasonably generous, no?
Re:Jeff Bezos Commits $10B to Address Climate Change
by rpiguy on Monday February 17, 2020 @04:17PM
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It’s incredibly difficult to present a dissenting opinion on certain topics here because of the downvoting system. It used to bother me to see points go down (upon reflection the upvote/downvote system really seems to reward groupthink). I think it would better to just have upvotes.
The way the system is designed today the only people who will present a dissenting opinion on a hot topic are either very inured to social pressure, or intentionally trolling.