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Michael David Morrissey's avatar

To quote Sevim Dagdelen of Die Linke here in Germany, "Branson and Bezos' space race alone cost an estimated six billion US dollars. According to the director of the World Food Program, this money could save 41 million people from starvation! While millions of people were forced into short-time work during the Corona pandemic, and for many the money barely lasted until the end of the month, Jeff Bezos amassed 70 billion US dollars in additional wealth during this time alone.... Bezos' fortune of a total of 200 billion U.S. dollars did not fall from the sky. Billions through the work of millions of people. It is the result of an exploitative business model that fobs off warehouse workers with a pittance, tramples on labor rights and fights unionization, destroys retail and causes enormous environmental damage.

"The rise in inequality between a few billionaires and the vast majority of the population is obscene. Another reason for this: While ordinary citizens honestly pay their taxes, multinational corporations like Amazon flee from their financial responsibilities to tax havens. The minimum tax for corporations recently decided by the G20 finance ministers will not change this. One example: on the day of the space flight alone, Jeff Bezos "earned" $1.13 billion. That's as much as 36,000 warehouse workers earn in a year combined. Of those 36,001 people, Bezos paid the lowest tax rate."

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Vin LoPresti's avatar

A short expensive flight

By humanity's chief parasite

Can't wait for the next edition

As long as he's flying to perdition

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