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Re:A new book, Amazon Unbound, reveals Jeff Bezos’ envy of S... by adrianN on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @12:05PM (#27119820)
The environmental problems we have can't be solved by a couple of billionaires. We need politicians to get their act together.

Founding a new company that builds rockets on the other hand is something billionaires can do.

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Re:A new book, Amazon Unbound, reveals Jeff Bezos’ envy of S... by pmoriarty on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @12:30PM (#27120153)
"The environmental problems we have can't be solved by a couple of billionaires."

Plenty of relatively poor people have devoted their entire lives to working to help the environment, despite knowing their impact will be much smaller than what even a mere millionaire could accomplish.

Billionaires don't need to fix all environmental problems to make a very significant difference.

The perfect is the enemy of the good.

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Re:A new book, Amazon Unbound, reveals Jeff Bezos’ envy of S... by tolbish on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @12:40PM (#27120266)
It would be incredibly remiss to ignore the effects that billionaires have on policy.
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Re:A new book, Amazon Unbound, reveals Jeff Bezos’ envy of S... by horstmeyer on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @12:16PM (#27119965)
Money buys politicians.
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