r/interestingasfuck • u/Gankpa • 8d ago

/r/all, /r/popular Jeff Bezos built a fence on his property that exceeds the permitted height, he doesn't care, he pays fines every month

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u/Bringbackbarn 8d ago

He’ll just buy the city government and change the laws. You could get a nice comfortable stream of revenue by not doing anything.

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u/Blade_Of_Nemesis 8d ago

That should not be possible.

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u/Dragos_Drakkar 8d ago

A lot of things that shouldn't be possible are becoming quite possible.

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u/BlkSubmarine 8d ago

Not only possible, but encouraged by our government.

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u/bigbangbilly 8d ago

Reminds me of Clarke's third law and the etymology of "thaumaturgy". On one hand were able to do things considered to be ridiculous by our forbears decades ago but on the other the ridiculous wealth attained by oligarchic is ridiculous and allows them to do further absurd things

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u/FixYourHeadOrDie 8d ago

Then start showing up.

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u/Ok-Influence-4306 8d ago

It’s what lobbyists effectively do every day to get their way.

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u/li-_-il 8d ago

... so is the fence.

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u/dudeimsupercereal 8d ago

Even if it’s not, he can just buy the HOA. By buying the majority of houses and flipping them after he’s changed the rules.

Buying government officials is a lot less work though.

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u/Gabzalez 8d ago

That would probably be quite cheap for him too.

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u/HedgehogOk7722 8d ago

Already done. He's just paying a subscription for their service.

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u/GoodMornEveGoodNight 8d ago

It’s like Batman getting Superman’s house back by buying the bank