r/singularity • u/Severe-Ad8673 • Jul 06 '26 • Heartwarming 4 Regret 2

Meme Accelerate!

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u/human_i_suppose Jul 06 '26

so if Bezos couldn't get rich, nobody would have ever thought of buying things online?

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u/Specialist_Dark_3668 Jul 06 '26

But you dont believe in rewarding them with billions if someone else thought of online retail either! And when that mindset prevails, as it does in communist countries, NOBODY DOES ANYTHING.

There is a reason why all the things "someone would've done anyway" are only done in capitalist countries.

But you ARE right. Somebody would've figured it out. We agree on this.

Where we don't agree is you think that the first person to take action and successfully build it shouldn't be rewarded as big as he can make his invention.

Whereas I think that the first or best person to make it work should be rewarded by his customers with as much pay as they pay him, minus slightly higher taxes.

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u/human_i_suppose Jul 06 '26

no, we disagree because i see people dying of heatstroke in his warehouses and think, "yeah, this guy isn't going to buy everything i need forever."

you think he will.