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Politics By Faith w/Mike Slater

Jeff Bezos Misses The Plot, Don't Sell Your Soul

Politics By Faith w/Mike Slater

The First Digital Inc.

Politics, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, News

4.9591 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Jeff Bezos makes the point that his for-profit companies benefit people more than his charity ever could. He's right, but we can't fall into the athiestic thinking that either of these things are what matters most. We can't lose sight of the most important thing in this world, which many are giving away to the lowest bidder.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Politics by Faith. This is where we take the news of the day and we bring it to the Bible

0:06.2

so we can walk away with peace and perspective. New headlines every day, but Ecclesiasi says it's not the new one of the sun.

0:12.3

So thanks to Peter to get the true story. And if you could subscribe to our YouTube page,

0:15.3

it'd be great, YouTube.com slash at Politics by Faith. Hit that subscribe button so we can beat the algorithm and spread the word.

0:24.1

The story of the day today. Jeff Bezos, capitalism, and charity.

0:30.8

Bezos said, if I do my job right, the value to society and civilization from my non, excuse me, from my

0:37.3

for-profit companies will be

0:39.4

much, much larger than the good that I do with my charitable giving. Here is his full

0:44.9

clip on CNBC. If I do my job right, right, the value to society and civilization from my for-profit companies will be much, much larger

1:00.5

than the good that I do with my charitable giving.

1:06.0

And I think this is an important point to make because people forget or they sometimes don't see

1:12.9

that when you create something like Amazon and you're saving, I get letters from new mothers

1:19.5

all the time that say, like, I have no idea what I would be doing right now if I didn't

1:23.3

have Amazon, thank you.

1:24.8

Or what we did in the pandemic when people could really see what

1:27.6

an essential service we provided to them. And so, you know, this is, uh, it, Amazon creates

1:34.5

tremendous. And by the way, all companies are creating value of some kind.

1:38.7

That's if I, what he said there is true, period, materially.

1:50.0

So Bezos, of course, founder of Amazon, right up there with richest people of all time,

1:55.0

talking about value that Amazon is brought to people, and they have for sure.

2:00.5

It's also ruined a lot of lives,

2:01.9

too, or changed for the worst. Ruined, maybe a strong word, but changed for the worst.

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