Bezos is literally 1 in a billion.
His accomplishments are remarkable. Scaling Everest before it was thought possible kinda stuff. That is not absolution from his faults and issues. Dude rides a giant dick rocket for fun and tracks employees by the minute. He brings it on himself.
Bigger issue is he’s an outlier on how to manage wealth distribution. The current rules are great for industrial economies looking to grow. Less so for digital. We’re not clearly one or the other right now. Dogma isn’t helpful.
How do you tax 2 income households earning 2-500k v single or dual income households above average but not at the lower end of that range? It didn’t matter 20 years ago but is everything today. How do you mediate expanded pharma, daycare, or even current services costs for that wealthy group relative to a lower income household?
We have to figure how to fund the same or better services with 1/10 of the people paying. That is fn hard. It will not get solved presuming ‘the rich’ avoid taxes or ‘the poor’ are lazy. The remarkable few will do their thing. The bills are paid and cashed by the mostly unremarkable who do the best they can.
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