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I love Amazon so much but my guy’s last two tweets were kissing up to Donald Trump and he’s also giving millions of dollars to bizarre leftist groups … there is a happy medium to be found.
Like to be clear, Green Latinos isn’t just planting some trees — it’s a cog in the machine of leftist groups that helped kill a permitting reform deal and tried to prevent Democrats from addressing asylum chaos.
But I see this all the time — rich guys (great) with moderate political views (also great) looking to put a little money into some progressive causes (fantastic) but then doing so in a way that props up lunatics and bad actors rather than building a strong center-left.
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i’m for community tree equity but can we call it something else like how about “planting more trees in poor neighborhoods that lack shade”
If any of those groups take off and get real influence, they all owe Jeff Bezos something. Philanthropic equivalent of diversification or hedging.
This one doesn’t seem that bad? Assuming the point is to plant trees and not just complain lol
Makes me sad to see this when I know how hard great, cost-effective orgs have to fight for 1.9M!
Part of the issue are "philanthropy consultants", very respectable and middle-aged ex-Bain types who help advise wealthy people starting foundations how to spend their money and push them towards funding The Groups.
“I love Amazon so much.” Ok I feel called out. But “philanthropy” for most people is just getting a tax break. The most well known philanthropists used philanthropy for bolster their public image, but not everyone cares about that.
This is pretty important dude. Ignoring the phrasing, trees help mitigate the health effects of heat waves and historically nonwhite areas have fewer trees (per a lot of studies). It's a pretty easy intervention to reduce deaths & adverse health events.
President-elect Donald Trump is coming for the executive branch. Does he know what he’s doing?
There should be a market for advising rich people on avoiding mistakes like that…
Do people forget that Bezos gave Van Jones a $100 Million dollars?!?
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Idk, I do feel like poor neighborhoods should have better trees this
This is a widely studied issue that you could learn about
This is the kind of "equity" I don't mind. Build more parks in neighborhoods that don't have them... Far better than the other kind floating around.
Why are you mad about planting trees? Is there no place for trees in an “abundance” agenda? Why don’t you want trees to be abundant?
sorry, this is bad because why?? you can want to build more stuff while also thinking that we should have trees and parks.
I make no claims about these cases, but in general, prospective donors should ask
"is this going to get work done or just fund somebody's lifestyle?"
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"I love Amazon except when they plant trees"
To be blunt, some people just get the country they deserve...
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The tree thing is actually really important in arid sunbelt cities, tbh, for preventing the further development of urban heat bubbles and local climate disruption. This is a big deal esp in places like Phoenix where even minor increase in shade makes huge difference
Take that for data! Seems pretty obviously it’s geared toward planting trees in areas that lack them. Lots of benefits to more trees. They reduce the temperature, keep the air and water clean and have many other benefits.
research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/625
He doesn't care where the money goes it's just virtue signalling. Similar Gates fighting malaria in Africa & at the same time helping CCP in China build its great Firewall
The woke mob is at it again: planting trees and building neighborhood parks
Most foundation grant-making is just checking boxes. Pretty much any nonprofit that can figure out the grant application process will get plenty of awards, even big ones like this.
Jeff Bezos is not evaluating grant applications. Some staffer is doing that.
I don't understand are you pocket watching his charities? Why would you care has nothing to do with you? Or anyone else.
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Please explain in detail what you object to in these projects
More green spaces and trees in poorer communities would be a good thing
Not endorsing everything these groups are calling for, of course
NIMBYism where you stop planting trees because distribution isn’t demographically even is 
What is wrong with this? Green spaces /trees are delivered as a public good, they can be quite significant to the well-being of people living in cities. It's reasonable to ask if they are being distributed fairly.
Do you know why this might be? Do you understand it? Did you read anything other than the titles?
Planting trees in low income neighborhoods is really good. This is the kind of leftist extremism that the country needs. Fund it.
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You are upset a billionaire is giving money to plant trees?! Like I hate billionaires but what is the angle here? Are you rallying against big arbor?
Ditto with George Soros, he's clearly not looking into what his son is funding, because some of it is decidedly not good for liberal democracy.
This seems like one of the more benign applications of equity obsession? one of the shittier parts about poorer, more diverse urban neighborhoods is how gray and bleak they are
7 million dollars from him is like you or I giving a quarter to the guy outside the coffee shop, I wouldn’t obsess over it
They reward pet projects for their friends and give them cushy non profit jobs
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These are literally goals of many urban forester associations get over yourself snowflake
Isn't it a good thing to ensure Green spaces are distributed relatively equally in a large metropolitan area? Seems reasonable to me.
Poor people shouldn't be allowed to have green spaces until they figure out how to get a fucking job!!
Hey, dickhead, are you suggesting that Jeff Bezos should be AGAINST planting more trees in minority neighborhoods to provide more shade and green spaces? Is he really that big of an oligarchic asshole?
What’s wrong with promoting urban greenery exactly? Hardly left or right wing.
His ex wife is 100x worse. It would have been better to burn all of the cash.
you are a stupid little man whos bald head contributes more to global warming than all the worlds billionaires combined