Saturday, March 21, 2020

Where Are The Billionaires ???

Several names are missing from the list of people responding to COVID-19:
  • Jeff Bezos
  • Sergey Brin
  • Larry Page
  • Mark Zuckerberg
  • Larry Ellison

Now I'll be among the first to apologize if I somehow missed their largesse, and perhaps I did because their PR staff happened to fail them on this issue.

But really, have the ultra rich lifted a proverbial finger to help us?

Notice I left out Bill Gates, since he apparently DID do something - he gave us a warning of sorts. But where is he now that we all need some toilet paper and much better leadership?

3 comments:

  1. Here are some ways billionaires are "helping" - helping themselves, that is:

    https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgxwHMZGczdVCbBSmXWVlRxmGmHJH

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2020/mar/24/the-us-of-amazon-how-the-coronavirus-has-created-a-governance-vacuum-the-tech-giant-is-quickly-filling

    By the way, we are rapidly slipping into a "technocracy" from which we may never escape. Are you happy now?

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  2. Here is another example of a billionaire apparently not giving a damn about us:

    https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/musk-cops-out-tesla-making-ventilators-buys-them-china-instead

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  3. And isn't this more than a bit strange?

    http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/why-did-hundreds-of-ceos-resign-just-before-the-world-started-going-absolutely-crazy

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