Meanwhile America looks more and more like a third world country thanks to the billionairs like Besoz and Gates that hog much of the wealth and resources of our country. By hey Amazon Prime and Microsoft 10 are worth it right?
It would look more like a third world country without guys like Gates and Bezos.
I'm really surprised by all the hate in this thread towards wealthy individuals who worked hard to attain it. Especially in this environment, where people try to figure out ways to be one of them. It's HN FFs.
Also, maybe UBI just seems reasonable to Jeff, like it does to many people. He really doesn't need it for anything which he couldn't have many other simpler ways.
> It would look more like a third world country without guys like Gates and Bezos.
Not it wouldn't. Operating a Windows OS and being able to buy stuff online with one click does not magically make your country a first-world country. Just like country that runs on Linux and operate offline with brick&mortal stores is not automatically a third world nation.
America (North/USA) IS a third world country; it just happened to be very rich third world country; although most of that wealth is borrowed from future (assumptions of earnings aka robbing our children).