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Re:Jeff Bezos’s Wealth Soars to $171.6B to Top Pre-Divorce R... by brandon272 on Thursday July 02, 2020 @11:14AM (#23714115)
Owning something does not mean that you have zero responsibilities associated with that ownership.

I may "own my home", but I still have to pay property tax on it.

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Re:Jeff Bezos’s Wealth Soars to $171.6B to Top Pre-Divorce R... by barrenko on Thursday July 02, 2020 @11:16AM (#23714164)
Precisely, but Bezos doesn't own something that's his, it's something that's everybody's, so definitely not the same.
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Re:Jeff Bezos’s Wealth Soars to $171.6B to Top Pre-Divorce R... by brandon272 on Thursday July 02, 2020 @11:30AM (#23714370)
Not sure what you mean by "it's something that's everybody's".
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Re:Jeff Bezos’s Wealth Soars to $171.6B to Top Pre-Divorce R... by yesplorer on Friday July 03, 2020 @03:05AM (#23721712)
I think he's implying you can also own part of Amazon by buying shares so it's not just for Bezos.

Bezos owns 11% of Amazon which means over a trillion dollars in value is shared by other people who own pieces of Amazon.

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