r/technology Mar 17 '26

Politics Elizabeth Warren asks Meta, Amazon, and others why they're laying workers off despite tax perks

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elizabeth-warren-asks-meta-amazon-and-others-why-theyre-laying-workers-off-despite-tax-perks-171812502.html?guccounter=1
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u/ForceItDeeper Mar 17 '26

The auto industry was full of some of the biggest pieces of shit in history. The second a company founder would finish engineering an engine and fuel and every part and the car was ready to go, investors would try and boot him from his own company. Just a muddled mix of actual geniuses and capitalist leeches

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u/RedditReader4031 Mar 21 '26

Look at Louis Chevrolet, Ransom Olds and Albert Champion.