Blue Origin rocket explosion: watch $150 million go boom

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Chrkeller said:

curl-6 said:

It is a thorny issue, yes, but when you're the CEO, the buck ultimately stops with you when it comes to poor working conditions and wages.

You're absolutely right in that it's ultimately a problem with the system rather than any one individual, but when a tiny percentage of society have immense wealth while the majority struggle to get by, it's only natural people are going to get increasingly angry at the imbalance.

To put things in perspective, in 1965, a CEO made about 21 times more than a worker; nowadays a CEO makes nearly 300 times what a worker makes. So in just 60 years, the gap has ballooned by almost a factor of x15.

If this trajectory continues, we're at risk of reverting to an almost feudal society where the oligarchs at the top have absolute power and the other 98% live like serfs.

Well Bezos isn't the CEO...  hasnt been for a number of years.  

And yes, it is a problem.  Yes it needs to get fixed.

But the "tax" them argument reeks of not understanding the system.  

People really ought to educate themselves before forming such strong opinions.

Executive chairman now, though the issues with unsafe workplaces and pay date back to his time as CEO.

But yes, simply raising taxes won't solve the problem, it's the underlying system that's rotten.