| John2290 said: Jack Dorsey put one billion in funds towards Covid relief and Jeff Bezos goes in at 100m. What the fuck, these billionaires should realize we are on a sinking ship, their money won't be worth anything if they don't start bailing put the people and injecting thr economy, For Bezos a lot of it will come back to him if he doesn't who the fuck will be buying on Amazon with delivery costs in 6 months time or a year, very few. I see a lot of them adding to organizations and relief funds but it'd be so much more valuable to get the money directly to people who are laid off or at least what dorsey is doing to a universal income fund, it'll at the very least patch a few holes in the haul of thr ship we are all sinking on, including the billionaires. Mad respect to Dorsey and hope more follow him and Bates, Dorsey gave one fifth of his wealth and stocks. That's like taking 200 out of your thousand quid savings and putting it in a charity box, The man is now a legend without question. |
Well it's not like Bezos or others can't give more as time goes on. In fact, it wouldn't be a surprise for a bunch of billionaires to wait until things are just starting to die down before dropping a giant amount. That way it's more likely to make headlines and will be what get's remembered, which should also lead to better sales sooner than later. For those who remember all the donations over time, it will certainly look less humanitarian and more sleazy for those who waited to give, or give more, but from their point of view, they didn't have to give any if they didn't want to in the first place.
I'm not backing Bezos here btw, I'm just pointing out that there's no guarantee more isn't coming. Not that it would change your outlook on Bezos anyway, if the late donations are done with future business heavily in mind. Waiting till the end certainly wouldn't help as much.
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