Seeing the comments here debating the semantics of taxes, now seems like a good time to mention Poe's Law. [0]
I personally took home the message that the "game" was satire and meant to contextualize Bezos' wealth. Saying that the cost of hiring 100k teachers for 4 years is a fraction of his wealth is a lot more (for the lack of a better term) impactful than saying Bezos is worth $xyz Billion. Of course, that does not mean that Jeff can write a check for $22.4B and we can address the issues with the public school system in the United States. It does, however, help drive home the point that some individuals in our society have such immense wealth that they could theoretically transform society.
I do not intend to comment on the nature of said wealth, but the game still makes good food for thought.
I personally took home the message that the "game" was satire and meant to contextualize Bezos' wealth. Saying that the cost of hiring 100k teachers for 4 years is a fraction of his wealth is a lot more (for the lack of a better term) impactful than saying Bezos is worth $xyz Billion. Of course, that does not mean that Jeff can write a check for $22.4B and we can address the issues with the public school system in the United States. It does, however, help drive home the point that some individuals in our society have such immense wealth that they could theoretically transform society.
I do not intend to comment on the nature of said wealth, but the game still makes good food for thought.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law