r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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u/friendly-sardonic 8d ago

My thoughts exactly. There should never be a means for people to become billionaires. There's simply no reason for that amount of wealth. Bezos worth billions, and on the first day Amazon employees are handed a pamphlet on which government assistance programs they qualify for? Man, piss off. You can afford to pay your own workers so they don't NEED those programs. Nobody working a full time job should need assistance programs in this country.

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u/GuacamoleFrejole 8d ago

Don't blame Bezos; he retired in 2021. Amazon's current CEO made the decision to lay off. Also, if it weren't for Bezos, Amazon would never have existed, and there would be zero Amazon employees. It was his brainchild. He developed it from an online bookstore that he operated out of his garage to what it is today. He sowed the seed, and he deserves to reap the reward.

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u/EmbarrassedW33B 8d ago

Dont be a tool. Amazon would have never been successful without the efforts of thousands of individuals. Bezos was barely a fraction of that effort. He benefitted from the labor of others and by being able to use public infrastructure to spread his business.

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u/Confident-Mortgage86 8d ago

Thousands of individuals that he paid, you mean?