In Oct, 2023
Jeff Bezos
just simply
"gave"
CNN Van Jones 100 million dollars.
Is that weird?
A few things from article that stick out to me.
I feel like perhaps messaging about forced into laundering money?
https://afrotech.com/van-jones-100m-from-jeff-bezos
With great power comes great responsibility. CNN contributor Van Jones felt the weight of this statement after receiving $100 million from Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos.
In 2021, Bezos gifted Jones the money and instructed him to do as he wishes with it. Chef José Andrés was also a recipient of $100 million.
“They can give it all to their own charity,” Bezos said at a press conference, according to CNN. “Or they can share the wealth. It is up to them.”
The gesture from Bezos was because he said the pair “demonstrated courage” and were actively trying to create a more unified world.
Since that time, Jones reveals the financial gain has unraveled several truths, some harder to swallow than others.
Van Jones Says He Was Going To Be Put 'In An Early Grave' After Receiving $100M From Jeff Bezos
With great power comes great responsibility. CNN contributor Van Jones felt the weight of this statement after receiving $100million from Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos.
In 2021, Bezos gifted Jones the money and instructed him to do as he wishes with it. Chef José Andrés was also a recipient of $100 million.
“They can give it all to their own charity,” Bezos said at a press conference, according to CNN. “Or they can share the wealth. It is up to them.”
The gesture from Bezos was because he said the pair “demonstrated courage” and were actively trying to create a more unified world.
“We need unifiers and not vilifiers,” Bezos explained, per CNN. “We need people who argue hard and act hard for what they believe. But they do that always with civility and never ad hominem attacks. Unfortunately, we live in a world where this is too often not the case. But we do have role models.”
Jones expressed gratitude stating, “Sometimes dreams come true.”
Since that time, Jones reveals the financial gain has unraveled several truths, some harder to swallow than others.
“I realized, I was gonna put myself in an early grave because you have insurmountable opportunities,” Jones expressed during an interview on “Earn Your Leisure.” “You also could have
insurmountable obstacles. You could also have insurmountable opportunities. The door’s just opening and opening and opening and opening, and that can stress you out and that can also bring a lot of haters and a lot of criticism.”
“We’re worthy, we’re worthy to be in these rooms,” he said. “We’re worthy to move capital. We’re worthy to imagine whole industries. …We could make every Black neighborhood into ‘Wakanda’ with the best technology in the world. Every Black kid could have an AI tutor better than Harvard, MIT for free.
He added, “That’s what’s available,
I think, as an entrepreneur. So much of politics is
about the past and the present. Reparations is about the past.
Redistribution is about the present… That’s politics. Either reparations or redistribution. But the future has not been written. The future’s worth fighting for.”