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That's a completely fair perspective. Obviously, we are each entitled to our personal normative assessments of how resources are deployed and are under no obligation to approve of how any spends their money.
I think the point of articles like this is to point out that Bezos is transferring his purchasing power to a whole bunch of people who make his yachting possible. One way or another, that purchasing power belongs to Bezos and is his to transfer to others on whatever terms he wants.
The question then is whether those recipients of Bezos' wealth are particularly less deserving than anyone else.
Haha, I just remembered that you're the Minimalism is Pro-Social guy :)
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All voluntary exchanges make the world better (in expectation), but some voluntary exchanges make the world more better.
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Of course, some exchanges are better than others. Personally, spending $500 million on a boat, is a tad extravagant. I didn’t spend that much on my 23 foot sailboat, and I still enjoy the hell out of it.
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If they did the work for the companies producing the ship, outfitting it, supplying it and running it, they deserve it! They earned it and Bezos wants to pay it. It is all voluntary.
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