prismatic-bell:prismatic-bell:dancinbutterfly:byecolonizer:Did the math, Bezos has donated about 0.0
prismatic-bell:prismatic-bell:dancinbutterfly:byecolonizer:Did the math, Bezos has donated about 0.0006272727% of his net-worth while Metallica has donated 0.0914634146% of their net-worth. When compared to the average net-worth of an american ($257,581.86) the difference in percentage becomes Metallica donating $253.50 and Bezos $1.62 Tax the rich so we don’t have to rely on their fake philanthropy.Vote #BernieSanders The Average American is Not worth 250k. Where did you get that number wtf, are you high?I agree tax the fucking rich to the bone and back. But. In defense of Metallica? A $250 donation from the average American who has MAYBE $1000 liquid if they’re lucky at any given time? Is a good give. It is. I work a respectable 5 figure job and can’t afford a $250 donation. Neither can most folks I know. So like, perspective? A personal donation equivalent of $250 actually is good. Seriously. I have no idea what their liquidity is and with a music group you have to remember there’s 4 members involved and an agreement has to be reached. But seriously if you’re bringing it down to our level? The equivalent of a normal American giving $250 is reasonable philanthropy. Not enough to replace taxation by any means and never will be. They deserve to be redistributed just like all the rest. But it is a decent proportional give for one thing at one time. It’s the same proportion I’d like to be able to do but can’t. Bezos tho…he’s fucking indefensible. Call me when he gives the equivalent of $250. Oh right he never will. To put it into different numbers that folks who did middle school math and not much more might be more comfortable with:Metallica donated almost 10% of their liquid assets (and as noted above, all four members had to get together on this—it’s not a decision only one could make). What’s 10% to you? For me, going on a single paycheck, it’s about $80.Jeff Bezos—who, mind you, is the sole owner of his own assets, no collaboration required—donated so little that his donation cannot be measured as a percentage. For me this would be (as per my phone calculator) fifty cents.For Jeff Bezos’ donation to be the “same size” as Metallica’s in terms of percentages, his donation would have to be $155.4 BILLION dollars. Which, correct me if I’m wrong, Aussies, would easily be enough to not just fight this successfully, but also VERY handily fund your fire service for the rest of the year.So how much is $155.4 billion dollars?Based on a fun website I found online, if you have one pound of $100 bills, there’s about $227k in that pound. Jeff Bezos donated three pounds of $100 bills. He would have to donate THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION POUNDS OF $100 BILLS. A fully loaded school bus weighs about 42,700 pounds. He would have to donate so many $100 bills they would equal the weight of SIXTEEN SCHOOL BUSES. And as ludicrous as this comparison is, it was the only way I could think of to bring the numbers down low enough for the human brain to comprehend.And after I read this post I looked this up online, IT’S NOT EVEN BEZOS DONATING. IT’S AMAZON.WHICH HAS A NET WORTH TEN TIMES THE SIZE OF BEZOS HIMSELF. -- source link