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What risk? That they'd spend money on something that made them no/less money?

Other than their initial investments business owners are protected from almost all the risks their businesses take on. Company debts aren't personal debts and individuals can't be forced to work to repay the debts they cause the business to take on. Worse still these safety nets aren't paid for as these companies don't make a profit.

Whilst I won't discount the work Bezos has done the reason he's come out 1000s of times better off than other Amazon workers is because of his initial gamble.

It's not like the workers don't take on risks either. Almost all paid work is paid after the fact. If your employer goes bust you don't get paid

parent devmop 9 years ago

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