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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy congratulations to Jeff Bezos
Let me ask you one question,
Is your money that good?
Will it buy you forgiveness?
Do you think that it could?
I think you will find,
When your death takes its toll,
All the money youve made will never buy back your soul.
from Masters of War, by Bob Dylan
BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)Maybe Melania should send her "statement jacket" to him. I bet every Amazon employee is puking today.
MFM008
(19,805 posts)stayed in space.
FakeNoose
(32,633 posts)... but he don't care!
Oh sorry, different song.
BannonsLiver
(16,369 posts)brooklynite
(94,502 posts)JohnSJ
(92,136 posts)StClone
(11,683 posts)brooklynite
(94,502 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(12,363 posts)JohnSJ
(92,136 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(12,363 posts)JohnSJ
(92,136 posts)SCantiGOP
(13,869 posts)Says nothing about being a mass
murderer.
It is talking about spending your money on egocentric pursuits when you could be making a real difference in society.
JohnSJ
(92,136 posts)People, while making money off those weapons
You distorted the whole meaning of the song, and obviously can't admit an error so you take a stanza and associate with an entirely different meaning than Dylan intended
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,363 posts)Response to SCantiGOP (Reply #17)
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DFW
(54,343 posts)Rich boys have expensive toys.
Fire lamebrains like Marc Thiessen and Hugh Hewitt from the Washington Post's editorial board.
Now THAT would impress me a lot!
JohnSJ
(92,136 posts)philanthropist in 2020 giving 10.1 billion to non-profit efforts associated with climate change and education.
He has also donated millions to support gay marriage, immigrant rights, and fighting homelessness, etc.
He also saved the Washington Post from bankruptcy, and despite what some have falsely alleged, Bezos does not get involved in the workings of the paper, or its editorial messaging
Equating Bezo as a mass murderer, is obscene nonsense without merit
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Bezos is a good target for such people because he wont get defended on a site like DU. A lot of what Bezos is doing now has massive potential, INCLUDING saving the world from the ravages caused by the stuff that has been put into the atmosphere. Being able to send something into the edge of Space where gravity effects are powerful and developing the capacity to keep it there for months or years at a time will open up the potential for dramatic advances, including scrubbing greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere.
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,363 posts)another bash Bezos thread, as if there weren't enough already.
ShazamIam
(2,570 posts)Last edited Tue Jul 20, 2021, 10:24 PM - Edit history (1)
I am still enjoying the happy feeling from when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. I suppose I was surprised they finally recognized him.
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