Blue Origin rocket explosion: watch $150 million go boom

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Chrkeller said:

curl-6 said:

The thing, people like Jeff get rich off the back of other people's hard work.

How many Amazon packages does he personally deliver? What percent of the wealth generated by the company does he keep for himself for sitting behind a desk all day, versus paying a fair share to the workers who actually bust their arses to keep the company running?

People don't hate the rich just because they're rich, but because they get that way by screwing over the rest of society. I recommend you look into how Amazon workers are treated, all that profit comes at a steep cost to those who work there.

Hoarding more wealth than you could ever need in ten lifetimes while the people who work for you to make that money struggle to survive does seem to "border on subhuman" to a lot of folks.

1) He wasn't born rich.  He put a lot of effort into building his wealth.  It wasn't handed to him.  

2) While I tend to agree that people don't need billions, the fact is your view is way too simplistic.  Most billionaires are not sitting on cash; they have loads of stocks.  Typically, SEC approval and board approval is required to sells massive amounts of stock, given a huge sell off would drive the company into ruin.  So, someone like Bezos isn't exactly hoarding, that isn't how stock works.  I agree there is a problem that should be fixed, but we should be fair on how the system works.   

10b5‑1 (might want to read up on it)  

I know he wasn't born rich, and I'm not wishing any harm on the guy myself.

I was simply highlighting why so many people really hate the ultra-wealthy and tend to view them as "subhuman". Personally, I try not to see any human being as sub-human as that tends to lead to atrocities, but many people do, simply cos the imbalance between the very rich and the rest of society is just getting more and more extreme.