There is nothing we did, or do, that make the mechanisms of oppression operating on us “deserved.” Not a thing.
There was a little incident during the hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Jaime Guttenberg was killed in the massacre in Parkland, FL last February. Her father Fred Guttenberg went up to Kavanaugh, introduced himself and offered to shake hands. Kavanaugh glared and turned away. Guttenberg was detained by security.
That, more than anything else, tells me what kind of man Kavanaugh is: vile. He does not have empathy and should not be on our Supreme Court. I’m pleased to see the Democrats are putting up a strong fight. Alas, it probably isn’t enough, now that the filibuster for justices has been abolished.
Back at the beginning of August Apple became the first company with a market value (stock price times number of shares) to reach $1 trillion. Alas, Apple doesn’t have a sterling reputation of fair dealings with subcontractors and their employees, or of protecting the environment.
Just over a month later Amazon also topped $1 trillion in value. I’ve got an even bigger complaint against this behemoth. (1) They’ve destroyed a lot of community retail. (2) They don’t pay their employees well. (3) They are working to underpay authors, undercutting literature. (4) Owner Jeff Bezos is sucking up cash.
I heard, and checked the simple math, that Bezos, whose net worth is $178 billion, could buy a house ($200,000) for each of 500,000 homeless people and still have a net worth of $78 billion.
I’m done fattening his wallet, except Amazon owns Whole Foods, where I get a few specific things for my unusual diet.
The media is speculating that Amazon could beat Apple to $2 trillion. Like that’s a good thing.
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