I'm curious what the process is for rich people wanting to buy a yacht. I can't personally imagine ever wanting one. If I was rich I'd just rent one if I wanted to experience it (maybe they aren't for rent). AFAIK none of these people have any time to use them. Further, for me at least, if I was a billionaire, I'd much rather stay at some posh penthouse in the center of town than some inconvenient boat on the water. My fiction is some yacht mafia comes up to you and says "You're buying one or else".
To be honest, I don't think my fellow citizens have ever seen a rotten egg in their lives.<p>It does make for a nicer headline though. Also, probably only 7 people will actually show up.
Hmmm Dutch citizen here, it looks like the same bridge as the one where a I lived (Alphen aan den Rijn) and it looks close to Hefbrug, there are a couple of bridges, that have the "same look". One in Alphen aan den Rijn, Boskoop, This one and may be somewhere else.<p>Bridges like this can be "easily" dismantled. (If it's the same build/material/architecture as the in Alphen aan den Rijn.
There are reasons to hate Jeff Bezos and the super-rich, but him buying a big boat from a Dutch company isn't really one of them.<p>Would you rather he bought the boat from a company in another country? Remember, buying luxury yacths is not the same as taking precious resources out of a country, and he doesn't decide the salaries of the ship builders.
> Whoops!<p>> Something went wrong.<p>> (404 page not found)<p>There seems to be quite a few people talking about the article, but I'm seeing nothing?
I don't even understand why a company would decide to build a boat in a location where it's impossible to transport it from there to the sea. The whole point of building a boat next to a port is so that it can be dropped into the sea with the minimum of hassle.<p>An obvious solution would be to built it without the masts, move it somewhere closer to the sea and add the masts at the end. This seems far more sensible than removing a bridge.
Why the hate for Jeff Bezos?<p>Compare your life relatively to his. PERCENTAGE RATIO wise, you probably did as much bad as he has. Assume you did 10% really bad things in your life. And Jeff did also 10% bad things.<p>But the other 90% wow!!! (And your life too!!!)<p>Millions of jobs overall. Thousands of jobs directly and indirectly to build, furnish, secure and staff that yacht. Countless kids of those families. The ability for you to order anything and have it delivered to almost any part of the world in a few days.<p>Families taken out of poverty. Jobs for those who don't have them. Amazon AWS that touches the internet for almost everyone worldwide.<p>Those Dutch citizens should swallow those rotten eggs.<p>(Loved and visit The Netherlands, don't get it twisted).<p>Whatever, I'll definitely lose karma for this one. Don't care.
Can still see the site on amp <a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-superyacht-dutch-residents-throw-rotten-eggs-bridge-dismantling-2022-2%3famp" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/jeff-be...</a>
to be honest this could also be seen as a protest against the government who allow the bridge to be raised or against the shipyard who pushed through with a design that clearly wouldn't fit without making the government's do this or against bezos who ordered a far too large yacht against the shipyards recommendations (if that happened)
Modern colonialism does not preclude the right to protest its effects.<p>We should all be making omelettes on the seat of luxury.<p>Feel, at least, a little humanity.
I don’t understand humans with this anti business mania that has become popular these days.<p>Local shops sell products multiple times more expensive than Amazon does, so low quality that you have to replace them frequently, limited selection, bad customer service, bad return terms, expensive delivery …<p>Amazon has been a blessing to customers, and innovated a lot in this space.<p>I am not sure if I recall this explanation for existence of ultra rich people from PG. Today, a small group of software engineers can build valuable products that scale to millions or billions customers. The return to education and skills is all time high. They become rich, but also make most others better off too. I don’t think we should politicize it, become Luddites, throw eggs, or prefer a lose-lose outcome.<p>———————-<p>I see strange comments in this post that don’t make sense. As for the quality of Amazon services, someone comments it’s poor. Fine, it’s an option, you may ignore it. The worth of companies is set by markets, others that apparently find it useful, hence the usage and valuation.<p>As for taxes, every person or small business I know hires accountants to minimize taxes legally. Tax evasion is illegal, and will be severely punished. There are nation states checking every aspect these big businesses to ensure they operate legally. Modify your tax code if you want (and be prepared for changes in businesses).<p>I think it’s well known that FAANG’s salaries are amongst highest in the market. These companies are careful, as poor treatment of people will be immediately all over media.<p>Finally, there is a comment: let’s tax the hell out of successful businesses anyways! Bizarre. Pure jealousy. It will not stop at ultra rich, will eventually engulf everyone and hamper innovation.