2026-10-19 23:43 UTC
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@GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 2026-10-20 00:17
There have been many studies showing that money changes people, specifically affecting empathy and pro-social behavior. I’m having trouble finding non-paywalled papers atm but this article seems like a decent overview: …berkeley.edu/…/how_money_changes_the_way_you_thi… Jeff Bezos did at one time run a small business (Amazon started as an online bookshop operated from home). I’ve never heard of him doing evil shit like that back then. I don’t believe anyone is born evil. Jeff Bezos became evil. And that probably could have been prevented if we just, like, had better tax laws. Evil is largely circumstantial. If you somehow became a billionaire, you’d probably be evil too. That said, yes, there are plenty of small business owners who are raging shitbags, too.
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@green_red_black@slrpnk.net 2026-10-20 01:36
sure. Because he has his whole Amazon Empire to fallback on so has room to be such an ass to his tiny corner store. If Bezos was just a guy living in a Suburban Home and the Corner Store was his only source of living being a jerk is still possible, but not to the level he is IRL as locals will know how bad of a boss he is and not go to his store or employe with him.