- 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?
Here are some ways billionaires are "helping" - helping themselves, that is:
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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?
Here is another example of a billionaire apparently not giving a damn about us:
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And isn't this more than a bit strange?
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