I have seen plenty of comments here trying to make Gabe out to be an ultra bad capitalist evil villain because he owns this company that, as far as I’m aware, pays it’s employees. And most of those arguments are around the fact that it’s a mega yacht company. All sounding like people shouldn’t have unnecessary luxuries. If we went down that route, nobody needs video games, nobody needs music recordings, movies or tv shows, nobody needs clothing that expresses themselves, we all should only have the basic necessary tools of work and the most utilitarian of clothing and homes. Food only to sustain, not enjoy. Tell me I’m wrong.
I won’t disagree that some people don’t need mega yachts, but I feel that having this company, maybe he could work on building better floating housing systems. Or maybe he is employing people and giving them good paychecks for working on these yachts.
You are wrong. Russian oligarchs and billionares shouldn’t have access to any sort of luxury the same way a pedophile or a rapist shouldn’t. They are criminals. You can be rich, even a millionaire but to get away with a billion you have to play dirty and be greedy. Valve did evil shit such as promoting gambling to kids. Owning multiples megayachts it’s not like watching tv or playing videogames it’s more like collecting elephants tusks. We are on the verge of a climate crisis and everyone is getting poorer, the megayachts business is a smack in people and humanity face.
Its a great example of why we don’t want to abandon calculated social services for the whims of billionaire philanthropists.
Even the best billionaire backed project is still taking their part of the pie, even if it’s just adhering to their vision.
EoD society generates value and we have right to collectively invest that value in bettering our own circumstance. Billionaires syphon that value from society and give it back to us pennies on the dollar.
What a weird parasocial position to attempt a sincere defense of… Really planning for the future huh, you temporarily embarrassed millionaire?
One daty you’ll get that sweet mega yacht invite, and you’ll be able to say, “don’t worry friends, I always had your back when THEY would try to disparage you” and they’ll say, “we always knew you were different, better… one of us, Stewart. We just had to wait until you pulled yourself up by your bootstraps, as of course, we all had before”
Megayachts aren’t for people who love boats and sailing, they’re for rich people who love the privacy of having a mobile private island. In their operation (big diesel engines, fiberglass hulls made with MEK, dumping raw sewage and such), they pollute a lot more than basically any other method of travel/living.
The people at Gabe Newell’s company probably make decent money. But it’s a dangerous job working with extremely toxic chemicals (if it’s good for the boat, it’s bad for the environment, and it’s bad for the workers). A lot of them probably have to retire early with health problems.
I love boats and sailing, but this megayacht shit sucks.
The amount of tankies on here is why, some of them just hate the fact rich people exists and not the fact a lot of them simply cheat the system and exploit legal loopholes and do shady deals. I don’t like that mega rich people exist but I don’t care if they do simply exist, I HATE that they influence legislation and law to suit themselves in spite or neglect of the average person, It’s childish to attack those who are simply successful.
I have seen plenty of comments here trying to make Gabe out to be an ultra bad capitalist evil villain because he owns this company that, as far as I’m aware, pays it’s employees. And most of those arguments are around the fact that it’s a mega yacht company. All sounding like people shouldn’t have unnecessary luxuries. If we went down that route, nobody needs video games, nobody needs music recordings, movies or tv shows, nobody needs clothing that expresses themselves, we all should only have the basic necessary tools of work and the most utilitarian of clothing and homes. Food only to sustain, not enjoy. Tell me I’m wrong.
I won’t disagree that some people don’t need mega yachts, but I feel that having this company, maybe he could work on building better floating housing systems. Or maybe he is employing people and giving them good paychecks for working on these yachts.
You are wrong. Russian oligarchs and billionares shouldn’t have access to any sort of luxury the same way a pedophile or a rapist shouldn’t. They are criminals. You can be rich, even a millionaire but to get away with a billion you have to play dirty and be greedy. Valve did evil shit such as promoting gambling to kids. Owning multiples megayachts it’s not like watching tv or playing videogames it’s more like collecting elephants tusks. We are on the verge of a climate crisis and everyone is getting poorer, the megayachts business is a smack in people and humanity face.
Its a great example of why we don’t want to abandon calculated social services for the whims of billionaire philanthropists.
Even the best billionaire backed project is still taking their part of the pie, even if it’s just adhering to their vision.
EoD society generates value and we have right to collectively invest that value in bettering our own circumstance. Billionaires syphon that value from society and give it back to us pennies on the dollar.
What a weird parasocial position to attempt a sincere defense of… Really planning for the future huh, you temporarily embarrassed millionaire?
One daty you’ll get that sweet mega yacht invite, and you’ll be able to say, “don’t worry friends, I always had your back when THEY would try to disparage you” and they’ll say, “we always knew you were different, better… one of us, Stewart. We just had to wait until you pulled yourself up by your bootstraps, as of course, we all had before”
So, I love boats and sailing.
Megayachts aren’t for people who love boats and sailing, they’re for rich people who love the privacy of having a mobile private island. In their operation (big diesel engines, fiberglass hulls made with MEK, dumping raw sewage and such), they pollute a lot more than basically any other method of travel/living.
The people at Gabe Newell’s company probably make decent money. But it’s a dangerous job working with extremely toxic chemicals (if it’s good for the boat, it’s bad for the environment, and it’s bad for the workers). A lot of them probably have to retire early with health problems.
I love boats and sailing, but this megayacht shit sucks.
The amount of tankies on here is why, some of them just hate the fact rich people exists and not the fact a lot of them simply cheat the system and exploit legal loopholes and do shady deals. I don’t like that mega rich people exist but I don’t care if they do simply exist, I HATE that they influence legislation and law to suit themselves in spite or neglect of the average person, It’s childish to attack those who are simply successful.