This is exactly why billionaires can’t exist. This man is burning the entire world down because he cannot accept his daughter for who she is. And he has the money to actually do it. No one can have that power.
It wasn’t just Amazon that killed these, Private Equity also killed these stores by using leveraged buyouts.
They let the company assume hundreds of millions, or even billions in debt, which it could not possibly keep up with, and that’s why they had to close.
Christianity is so funny bc any religion that takes itself seriously would find it insulting to put the Word of God on a piece of cardboard meant to be covered in slop and thrown in the trash
vaguely recall seeing some university spending significantly more on union-busting, policing, etc... than it would have cost to meet the demands of organizing graduate workers because the issue is never the money; it's the power. they'll happily take this deal; AI won't organize.
Corporation: "We made $4B but spent $3.9B so we only owe taxes on $100M."
Government: "Totally reasonable."
You: "I made $60K but spent $58K on survival."
Government: "You owe taxes on $60K."
You: "That's not—"
Government: "File by May 15."
Fun fact: Jeff Bezos has been paying a $1,000 monthly fine for years because the hedge around his Beverly Hills estate is taller than city regulations allow.
He’s worth over $200 billion. He generates roughly $300 every second.
The fine is $12,000 a year. He makes that in 40 seconds.
So the hedge stays.
Because for some people, the law isn’t a rule. It’s just a bill they can afford.